The recommendation to limit dietary saturated fatty acid (SFA) intake has persisted despite
mounting evidence to the contrary. Most recent meta-analyses of randomized trials and …

This narrative review aims to discuss the more relevant evidence on the role of linoleic acid
(LA), a n-6 essential fatty acid that constitutes the predominant proportion of dietary …

Importance Poor diet is a leading global factor associated with cardiometabolic disease
(CMD). Understanding the quality of evidence of the associations between specific dietary …

Calcium is an important nutrient with impact upon many biological systems, most notably
bone. Ensuring adequate calcium intake throughout the lifespan is essential to building and …

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 …

Background: In blood and tissues, dietary and endogenously generated fatty acids (FAs)
occur in free form or as part of complex lipid molecules that collectively represent the …

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

Background We aimed to investigate the association of serum pentadecanoic acid (15: 0), a
biomarker of dairy fat intake, with incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) and all-cause …

Among the polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), those belonging to the n-3 (or ω3) series, ie,
alpha-linolenic (ALA), eicosapentaenoic (EPA), and docosahexaenoic (DHA) acids have …

The world faces a global nutrition crisis, most clearly evidenced by the twin pandemics of
obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Yet, substantial confusion and controversy exist about …