Polyunsaturated Fats Help the Heart
| By Crystal Phend, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Published: April 16, 2009 Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco |
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 16 -- Substituting polyunsaturated fats for the saturated variety may help reduce coronary artery disease, according to a meta-analysis of studies involving more than 340,000 people on two continents.
Their findings, pooled from 11 American and European studies involving mature adults of both sexes, were published in the May issue of The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
The researchers' advice was unequivocal: "To prevent coronary heart disease, saturated fatty acids should be reduced and replaced with polyunsaturated fatty acids among all middle-aged and older women and men."
However, some other dietary substitutions -- including a few popular fads -- may not do much for the heart, and may even be harmful/.../
Their findings, pooled from 11 American and European studies involving mature adults of both sexes, were published in the May issue of The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
The researchers' advice was unequivocal: "To prevent coronary heart disease, saturated fatty acids should be reduced and replaced with polyunsaturated fatty acids among all middle-aged and older women and men."
However, some other dietary substitutions -- including a few popular fads -- may not do much for the heart, and may even be harmful/.../
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