The cardiometabolic consequences of replacing saturated fats with carbohydrates or ω-6 polyunsaturated fats: Do the dietary guidelines have it wrong?

Open Heart

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  DiNicolantonio, James J ^a  

^a Doctor of Pharmacy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CARBOHYDRATE; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EPIDEMIC; FAT INTAKE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE METABOLISM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID OXIDATION; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; LOW FAT DIET; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 85006925718     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20533624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/openhrt-2013-000032     Document Type: Review

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