Convincing evidence supports reducing saturated fat to decrease cardiovascular disease risk

Saturated Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Disease: Replacements for Saturated Fat to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk

Dietary recommendations to decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) have focused on reducing intake of saturated fatty acids (SFA) for more than 50 years. While the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans advise substituting both monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids for SFA, evidence supports other nutrient substitutions that will also reduce CVD risk. For example, replac...

Saturated fat, carbohydrate, and cardiovascular disease.

A focus of dietary recommendations for cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention and treatment has been a reduction in saturated fat intake, primarily as a means of lowering LDL-cholesterol concentrations. However, the evidence that supports a reduction in saturated fat intake must be evaluated in the context of replacement by other macronutrients. Clinical trials that replaced saturated fat with...

Saturated fat intake and cardiovascular disease in Japanese population.

The evidence for the impact of saturated fat intake on cardiovascular disease remains inconsistent. One reason for this inconsistency may be the large difference in the distribution of saturated fat intake between the East and West. In this review, we focus on the published literature on this topic among Japanese population. Three studies have examined the link between saturated fat intake and ...

Contribution of Micronutrients Intake to the Risk of Multiple Sclerosis: Is the Available Evidence Convincing?

Reducing Cardiovascular Disease

One of the enduring myths in health care is that prevention saves money. The intuition behind the idea appears unassailable: if we spend a little money on preventive measures, we can avoid the expensive complications of disease. The maxim “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” coined by Benjamin Franklin and listed in the Dictionary of Cultural Literacy (1), seems selfevident such t...