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The effect of daily consumption of coconut fat and soya-bean fat on plasma lipids and lipoproteins of young normolipidaemic men

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Shanthi Mendis  and
Ravi Kumarasundaram
Shanthi Mendis
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Institute of Fundamental Studies, 380172 Bauddhalolea Mawatha, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka
Ravi Kumarasundaram
Affiliation:
Institute of Fundamental Studies, 380172 Bauddhalolea Mawatha, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka
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Abstract

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The present paper reports the influence on plasma lipids of isoenergetic diets containing 30 YO of energy as fat, with a polyunsaturated: saturated fat ratio of 4.00 or 0.25, consumed for 8 weeks by twenty-five young normolipidaemic males. Approximately 70 % of the fat energy was provided by the test fats: soya-bean fat and coconut fat. During the soya-bean-fat-eating period the total plasma cholesterol level fell significantly compared with baseline values (P < 0.001) and during the coconut-fat-eating phase total plasma cholesterol level increased significantly compared with the soya-bean-eating period (P < 0001).On the soya-bean-fat diet, high-density-lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol decreased by 15 YO (range 6–35 YO) and plasma triacylglycerols decreased by 25 YO (range 13–37 YO). Results of the present study show that even when the proportion of total fat in the diet is low, a high intake of linoleic acid lowers both total plasma cholesterol and HDL-cholesterol, while a high intake of saturated fat elevates both these lipid fractions. Application of regression formulas to the present findings indicates that short-chain saturated fatty acids have a neutral effect on serum cholesterol

Keywords

Dietary fatPlasma lipidsLipoproteins
Type
Lipid Metebolism
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 63 , Issue 3 , May 1990 , pp. 547 - 552
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1990

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