title: Palmitic Acid and Health: Introduction.
abstract: Interest in the dietary role and metabolic effect of saturated fatty acids has been recently renewed on the basis of epidemiologic observations and economical approach to health and well-being. Saturated fats may favorably increase blood HDL-Cholesterol levels without significant changes of the total cholesterol/HDL-Cholesterol ratio. Also, the negative effect of saturated fat on cardiovascular diseases risk has recently been challenged. Palmitic acid, among all, may have special structural and functional roles in utero and in infancy, and indeed is it is being delivered in a unique form in human milk. Future research should include objective cost-benefit analyses when disentangling the role of saturated fats in dietary recommendations.
authors.affiliation: a IRCCS POLICLINICO, DISCCO, University of Milan , Milan , Italy.
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Agostoni
authors.affiliation: b GENUD (Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development) Research Group, Faculty of Health Science, University of Zaragoza , Zaragoza , Spain.
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.affiliation: c Schneider Children's Medical Center, Tel-Aviv University , Tel Aviv , Israel.
authors.forename: Raanan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shamir
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D004041:Dietary Fats; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008895:Milk, Human; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D019308:Palmitic Acid
chemical_list: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D004041:Dietary Fats; D019308:Palmitic Acid; D002784:Cholesterol
keywords: Palmitic acid; blood cholesterol; cost-benefit analyses; infancy