title: Saturated Fats and Cardiovascular Disease: Interpretations Not as Simple as They Once Were.
abstract: Historically, the so-called "lipid hypothesis" has focused on the detrimental role of saturated fats per se in enhancing the risks of cardiovascular disease. Recently, a body of new information and systematic analyses of available data have questioned simple interpretation of the relationship of dietary saturated fats and of individual saturated fatty acids to CVD risk. Thus, current assessments of risks due to dietary fat consumption that emphasize the confounding nature of the dietary macronutrients substituted for dietary saturated fats and give broader recognition to the effect of patterns of food intake as a whole are the most productive approach to an overall healthy diet.
authors.affiliation: a USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine , Houston , Texas , USA.
authors.forename: Dennis M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Bier
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D004032:Diet; D004041:Dietary Fats; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000097:blood; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D009753:Nutritive Value; D019308:Palmitic Acid; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D004041:Dietary Fats; D005227:Fatty Acids; D008074:Lipoproteins; D019308:Palmitic Acid
keywords: HDL; LDL; Lipid hypothesis; PUFA; cholesterol; palmitic acid