title: Nutritional control of lipid synthesis.
abstract: Dietary modification for the manipulation of lipid biosynthetic pathways has currently become a major direction for improving health status. Certainly changing dietary constituents can alter lipogenic processes and blood lipid parameters. However, the extremes of such modifications are often impractical, and the impact of major changes are not without consequence. For example, high carbohydrate diets are hyperlipemic and increased fish oil intake prolongs blood clotting time. Thus, no dietary fat modifications can be undertaken without considering the organism as a whole and the complexity of interactions within the individual. Such definition requires appreciation of human individuality and greater understanding of the regulation of lipogenic pathways.
mesh_terms: D000103:Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase / Q000378:metabolism; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000096:biosynthesis; D002791:Cholesterol, Dietary / Q000378:metabolism; D004032:Diet; D005224:Fats, Unsaturated / Q000378:metabolism; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000096:biosynthesis; D006801:Humans; D006951:Hyperlipoproteinemias / Q000378:metabolism; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008055:Lipids / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002791:Cholesterol, Dietary; D005224:Fats, Unsaturated; D005227:Fatty Acids; D008055:Lipids; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol; D000103:Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase