title: Serum lipid effects of a monounsaturated (palmitoleic) fatty acid-rich diet based on macadamia nuts in healthy, young Japanese women.
abstract: 1. Recent studies have identified potential beneficial effects of eating nuts, most of which have substantial amounts of monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA). Macadamia nuts consist of 75% fat by weight, 80% of which is MUFA (palmitoleic acid). 2. To examine variations in serum lipid levels in response to a high-MUFA diet based on macadamia nuts, 3 week interventions of macadamia nuts, coconuts and butter were determined in young, healthy Japanese female students. 3. After 3 weeks intervention, serum concentrations of total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol were significantly decreased in the macadamia nut and coconut diets and bodyweight and body mass index were decreased in the group fed macadamia nuts, although there were no statistically significant changes in the group fed butter.
authors.affiliation: Frontier Health Science, Mukogawa Women's University, Nishinomiya, Japan. junko@mwu.mukogawa-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Junko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hiraoka-Yamamoto
authors.forename: Katsumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Hiroko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Negishi
authors.forename: Mari
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hirose
authors.forename: Sayuri
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sawada
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Onobayashi
authors.forename: Kazuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kitamori
authors.forename: Satoko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kitano
authors.forename: Misao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tashiro
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miki
authors.forename: Yukio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamori
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D001939:Bread; D002079:Butter; D003059:Cocos; D004032:Diet; D004042:Dietary Fats, Unsaturated / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005229:Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D039106:Macadamia
chemical_list: D004042:Dietary Fats, Unsaturated; D005229:Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated; D008055:Lipids; C008757:palmitoleic acid; D002079:Butter