Human studies have established a positive association between the intake of industrial trans
fatty acids and the development of cardiovascular diseases, leading several countries to …

1.1 Background Fats in the diet mainly consist of triglyceride, a molecule composed of three
fatty acids and a glycerol backbone. Fatty acids differ in several aspects. First, they are …

Background: The effects of dietary fats on the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) have
traditionally been estimated from their effects on LDL cholesterol. Fats, however, also affect …

The intake of trans fat has been associated with coronary heart disease, sudden death from
cardiac causes, and diabetes. This article reviews the evidence for physiological and …

Accurate assessment of fat intake is essential to examine the relationships between diet and
disease risk but the process of estimating individual intakes of fat quality by dietary …

ContextCoronary heart disease (CHD) remains the leading cause of mortality in
industrialized countries and is rapidly becoming a primary cause of death worldwide. Thus …

Maintaining the high standards that made the previous editions such well-respected and
widely used references, Food Lipids: Chemistry, Nutrition, and Biotechnology, Fourth Edition …

Results: The effects of TFA consumption on risk factors most consistently seen in both
controlled trials and observational studies included adverse lipid effects (for example↑ low …

Many recent studies have implicated dietary factors in the cause and prevention of important
diseases, including cancer, coronary heart disease, birth defects, and cataracts. There is …

Background: High stearic acid (STA) soybean oil is a trans-free, oxidatively stable, non-LDL-
cholesterol-raising oil that can be used to replace trans fatty acids (TFAs) in solid fat …