Comparison of effects of dietary saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated fatty acids on plasma lipids and lipoproteins in man.

Twenty patients consumed a liquid diet in which the predominant fatty acids were either saturated (Sat), monounsaturated (Mono), or polyunsaturated (Poly).The fats in these three diets comprised 40% of total calories and consisted of palm oil, high-oleic sdower oil, and high-linoleic sdower oil, respectively.During the third and fourth week of each dietary period, multiple samples of blood were taken and were analyzed for plasma total...