The Evidence for Saturated Fat and for Sugar Related to Coronary Heart Disease

Volume: 58, Issue: 5, Pages: 464 - 472
Published: Mar 1, 2016
Abstract
Dietary guidelines continue to recommend restricting intake of saturated fats. This recommendation follows largely from the observation that saturated fats can raise levels of total serum cholesterol (TC), thereby putatively increasing the risk of atherosclerotic coronary heart disease (CHD). However, TC is only modestly associated with CHD, and more important than the total level of cholesterol in the blood may be the number and size of...
Paper Details
Title
The Evidence for Saturated Fat and for Sugar Related to Coronary Heart Disease
Published Date
Mar 1, 2016
Volume
58
Issue
5
Pages
464 - 472
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