title: Nonhypercholesterolemic effects of a palm-oil diet in Malaysian volunteers.
abstract: The effects on serum lipids of diets prepared with palm olein, corn oil, and coconut oil supplying approximately 75% of the fat calories were compared in three matched groups of healthy volunteers (61 males, 22 females, aged 20-34 y). Group I received a coconut-palm-coconut dietary sequence; group II, coconut-corn-coconut; and group III, coconut oil during all three 5-wk dietary periods. Compared with entry-level values, coconut oil raised the serum total cholesterol concentration greater than 10% in all three groups. Subsequent feeding of palm olein or corn oil significantly reduced the total cholesterol (-19%, -36%), the LDL cholesterol (-20%, -42%%) and the HDL cholesterol (-20%, -26%) concentrations, respectively. Whereas the entry level of the ratio of LDL to HDL was not appreciably altered by coconut oil, this ratio was decreased 8% by palm olein and 25% by corn oil. Serum triglycerides were unaffected during the palm-olein period but were significantly reduced during the corn-oil period.
authors.affiliation: Division of Human Nutrition, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hassan
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Lye
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ishak
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001835:Body Weight; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D000074263:Coconut Oil; D003059:Cocos; D003314:Corn Oil / Q000378:metabolism; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000378:metabolism*; D004435:Eating; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D000073878:Palm Oil; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000378:metabolism*; D011897:Random Allocation; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D004041:Dietary Fats; D008055:Lipids; D010938:Plant Oils; D014280:Triglycerides; D000073878:Palm Oil; D003314:Corn Oil; D002784:Cholesterol; D000074263:Coconut Oil