The questionable benefits of exchanging saturated fat with polyunsaturated fat

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 451-453

  Ravnskov, Uffe ^a   DiNicolantonio, James J ^b   Harcombe, Zoë ^c   Kummerow, Fred A ^d   Okuyama, Harumi ^e   Worm, Nicolai ^f  

^a Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute ^*  (Sweden)

^b SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e KINJO GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f German University for Prevention and Health Care Management   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAT INTAKE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NOTE; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; RISK FACTOR;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84898905654     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: 19425546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2013.11.006     Document Type: Short Survey

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