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Snack chips fried in corn oil alleviate cardiovascular disease risk factors when substituted for low-fat or high-fat snacks
- Source :
- The American journal of clinical nutrition. 85(6)
- Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- Background: The perception that all high-fat snacks are unhealthy may be wrong. Objective: We aimed to assess whether replacing low-fat and highfat snacks with snacks rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and low in saturated andtrans fatty acids would improve cardiovascular health. Design: Thirty-three adults participated in a randomized crossover trial of 3 controlled feeding phases of 25 d each in which a different type of snack was provided: low-fat (30.8% of energy from fat, 5.2% of energy from PUFAs), high-PUFA (36.3% of energy from fat, 9.7% of energy from PUFAs), or high-fat (37.9% of energy from fat, 5.8% of energy from PUFAs) snack. Results: Each diet reduced LDL- and total cholesterol concentrations, but reductions were greater with the low-fat and the highPUFA diets than with the high-fat diet: LDL cholesterol (11.8% and 12.5% compared with 8.8%, respectively; P 0.03 and 0.01), total cholesterol (10.5% and 10.7% compared with 7.9%, respectively; P 0.03 and 0.02). The high-PUFA diet tended to reduce triacylglycerol concentrations (9.4%; P 0.06), and this change was greater than that with the low-fat (P 0.028) and high-fat (P 0.0008) diets. Conclusions: These data show that snack type affects cardiovascular health. Consuming snack chips rich in PUFA and low in saturated ortrans fatty acids instead of high-saturated fatty acid andtrans fatty acid or low-fat snacks leads to improvements in lipid profiles concordant with reductions in cardiovascular disease risk. Am J Clin Nutr 2007;85:1503–10.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Cardiovascular health
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Article
Dietary Fats, Unsaturated
Risk Factors
High fat
Medicine
Humans
Food science
Cooking
Triglycerides
Aged
chemistry.chemical_classification
Ldl cholesterol
Nutrition and Dietetics
Cross-Over Studies
business.industry
Fatty Acids
food and beverages
Fatty acid
Middle Aged
Trans Fatty Acids
Crossover study
Dietary Fats
Cholesterol
chemistry
Biochemistry
Cardiovascular Diseases
Food
Disease risk
Fatty Acids, Unsaturated
Linear Models
lipids (amino acids, peptides, and proteins)
Female
Corn Oil
business
human activities
Corn oil
Polyunsaturated fatty acid
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00029165
- Volume :
- 85
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The American journal of clinical nutrition
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e0a08a282cb00184caeb650fd239d5bd