Complementary Alternative Cardiovascular Medicine

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6 Oils and Fats in the Prevention
and Treatment of Cardiovascular
Disease
Penny M. Kris-Etherton, PhD, RD,
Kari D. Hecker PhD, RD,
Terry D. Etherton, PhD,
and Valerie K. Fishell, MS
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
SATURATED FATTY ACIDS
TRANS FATTY ACIDS
DIETARY CHOLESTEROL
UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS
MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS
POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS
CONJUGATED LINOLEIC ACID
TOTAL FAT
NUTRIENTS AND BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS IN FATS AND OILS
PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
INTRODUCTION
For the first time, Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) for macronutrients
have been established by the National Academies’ Institute of
Medicine for the United States and Canada (1). This science-based report
From: Contemporary Cardiology
Complementary and Alternative Cardiovascular Medicine
Edited by: R. A. Stein and M. C. Oz © Humana Press Inc., Totowa, NJ
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