High-monounsaturated fatty acid diets lower both plasma cholesterol and triacylglycerol concentrations

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1009-1015

  Kris Etherton, Penny M ^a   Pearson, Thomas A ^b   Wan, Ying ^b   Hargrove, Rebecca L ^b   Moriarty, Kristin ^b   Fishell, Valerie ^b   Etherton, Terry D ^b  

^a Nutrition Department   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Dietary fat; HDL cholesterol; Humans; LDL cholesterol; Monounsaturated fatty acids; Peanut products; Peanuts; Plasma triacylglycerol; Step II diet

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS OIL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OLIVE OIL; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUTTER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID DIET; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEANUT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032762948     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/70.6.1009     Document Type: Article

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