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A bit of fat is good for your heart: Study
ANI Friday, January 30, 2004
Washington - A new study conducted at Penn State has found that although low-fat diets are
recommended for a healthy heart, a moderate-fat weight loss diet reduced dieters' cardiovascular
risk better than a low-fat diet.
The moderate-fat diet, in which half the fat was monounsaturated fat from peanuts and peanut oil,
produced a 14 percent reduction in cardiovascular disease risk. The low fat group experienced a nine
percent improvement.
Both the moderate and low fat diets were controlled so that all participants lost about the same
amount of weight - approximately 2.4 to 2.7 pound a week on average.
"While the low-fat diet successfully reduced risk factors during the weight loss phase of the study,
those factors rebounded during the maintenance phase," Dr. Penny Kris- Etherton, distinguished
professor of nutrition, said.
Fifty-three overweight or obese men and women participated in the study. All of the participants had
total cholesterol levels elevated above 200 at the start of the dieting. They ate either a low-fat
or moderate-fat diet designed to produce weight loss for six weeks and then similar diets designed
for maintenance for four weeks.
The foods were all provided by the researchers and provided 18 percent of calories from fat in the
low-fat diet or 33 percent of calories from fat in the moderate fat diet. Over the course of the
study, the low-fat diet group experienced a 12 percent decrease in HDL ("good") cholesterol but the
moderate-fat diet group had no change. This indicates that a moderate-fat diet blunts the decrease
in HDL ("good") cholesterol during weight loss.
In addition, after falling during the weight loss phase, triglycerides rose significantly during the
maintenance phase for those on the low fat diet but not for those on the moderate fat diet. Elevated
triglycerides are a cardiovascular risk factor.
"The findings of this current study are significant because they demonstrate that markedly lowering
total fat intakes may have adverse consequences on reductions in the risk of CVD, even in response
to weight loss," the authors concluded.
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ANI Friday, January 30, 2004
Washington - A new study conducted at Penn State has found that although low-fat diets are
recommended for a healthy heart, a moderate-fat weight loss diet reduced dieters' cardiovascular
risk better than a low-fat diet.
The moderate-fat diet, in which half the fat was monounsaturated fat from peanuts and peanut oil,
produced a 14 percent reduction in cardiovascular disease risk. The low fat group experienced a nine
percent improvement.
Both the moderate and low fat diets were controlled so that all participants lost about the same
amount of weight - approximately 2.4 to 2.7 pound a week on average.
"While the low-fat diet successfully reduced risk factors during the weight loss phase of the study,
those factors rebounded during the maintenance phase," Dr. Penny Kris- Etherton, distinguished
professor of nutrition, said.
Fifty-three overweight or obese men and women participated in the study. All of the participants had
total cholesterol levels elevated above 200 at the start of the dieting. They ate either a low-fat
or moderate-fat diet designed to produce weight loss for six weeks and then similar diets designed
for maintenance for four weeks.
The foods were all provided by the researchers and provided 18 percent of calories from fat in the
low-fat diet or 33 percent of calories from fat in the moderate fat diet. Over the course of the
study, the low-fat diet group experienced a 12 percent decrease in HDL ("good") cholesterol but the
moderate-fat diet group had no change. This indicates that a moderate-fat diet blunts the decrease
in HDL ("good") cholesterol during weight loss.
In addition, after falling during the weight loss phase, triglycerides rose significantly during the
maintenance phase for those on the low fat diet but not for those on the moderate fat diet. Elevated
triglycerides are a cardiovascular risk factor.
"The findings of this current study are significant because they demonstrate that markedly lowering
total fat intakes may have adverse consequences on reductions in the risk of CVD, even in response
to weight loss," the authors concluded.
More at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/455585.cms
Jai Maharaj http://www.mantra.com/jai Om Shanti
Panchaang for 9 Maagh 5104, Friday, January 30, 2004:
Shubhanu Nama Samvatsare Uttarayane Moksha RitauRitau Makar Mase Shukl Pakshe Shukr Vasara Yuktayam
Krittik Nakshatr Shukl-Brahm Yog Kaulav-Taitil Karan Navami-Dashami Yam Tithau
Hindu Holocaust Museum http://www.mantra.com/holocaust
Hindu life, principles, spirituality and philosophy http://www.hindu.org http://www.hindunet.org
The truth about Islam and Muslims http://www.flex.com/~jai/satyamevajayate
o Not for commercial use. Solely to be fairly used for the educational purposes of research and
open discussion. The contents of this post may not have been authored by, and do not
necessarily represent the opinion of the poster. The contents are protected by copyright law
and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works. o If you send private e-mail to me, it
will likely not be read, considered or answered if it does not contain your full legal name,
current e-mail and postal addresses, and live-voice telephone number. o Posted for information
and discussion. Views expressed by others are not necessarily those of the poster.