The role of dietary fat has been long studied as a modifiable variable in the prevention and
treatment of noncommunicable cardiometabolic disease. Once heavily promoted to the …

Dietary and policy recommendations frequently focus on reducing saturated fatty acid
consumption for improving cardiometabolic health, based largely on ecologic and animal …

The effect of dietary fats on cardiometabolic diseases, including cardiovascular diseases
and type 2 diabetes mellitus, has generated tremendous interest. Many earlier investigations …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading global cause of death, accounting for 17.3
million deaths per year. Preventive treatment that reduces CVD by even a small percentage …

The quality of dietary fat in relation to cardiovascular disease forms the basis of the diet-
heart hypothesis. Current recommendations on dietary fat now emphasise quality rather …

Previous studies have shown distinct associations between specific dietary fats and
mortality. However, evidence on specific dietary fats and mortality among patients with …

One of the most controversial areas of nutrition research relates to fats, particularly essential
fatty acids, in the context of cardiovascular disease risk. A critical feature of dietary fatty acids …

Saturated fat reduction is a primary goal for decreasing the risk of cardiovascular disease. In
a recent epidemiologic study, a low-fat diet high in saturated fat (10.6%-16.0% energy) was …

Objective Previous systematic reviews were not restricted to either primary or secondary
prevention trials, this study aimed to investigate the effects of reduced and/or modified fat …

Historically, the so-called “lipid hypothesis” has focused on the detrimental role of saturated
fats per se in enhancing the risks of cardiovascular disease. Recently, a body of new …