The control diet, which increased dietary linoleic acid by 38 % but did not alter saturated fat, produced a modest but significant reduction
in serum cholesterol compared with baseline (− 5 mg / dL (SD 30 mg / dL); − 1.0 % (SD 14.5 %); P < 0.001)(fig 3 ⇑ and table 2 ⇑).
Not exact matches
In the Ex-diet group,
serum total
cholesterol (P < 0.001) and LDL - C (P < 0.001) were reduced after eight weeks,
compared to the C - diet group.
Studies that supposedly showed a hypercholesterolemic effect of coconut oil feeding,
in fact, usually only showed that coconut oil was not as effective at lowering the
serum cholesterol as was the more unsaturated fat being
compared.
Ma - Pi 2 was more effective then CTR
in reducing fasting and postprandial blood glucose, glycated Hb (HbA1c),
serum cholesterol, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA - IR), BMI and waist and hip circumferences
compared with the CTR diet.
The intake of 60 g / d of resistant maltodextrin was shown to reduce
serum total
cholesterol and triacylglycerol concentrations
in type 2 diabetics as
compared with type 2 diabetics or healthy adults who consumed 30 g / d of resistant maltodextrin (Ohkuma and Wakabayashi, 2001).
Compared with the participants who consumed less than 10 % of calories from added sugar (same as
in Q1), those who consumed above the thresholds of 10 % or 25 % of calories from added sugar were younger; more likely to be non-Hispanic black; less likely to be currently smoking; had lower levels of physical activity, total
serum cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, HEI, American Heart Association healthy diet score, 44 and antihypertensive medication use; and had higher intake of sugar - sweetened beverages and prevalence of family history of CVD (Supplement [eTable 2]-RRB-.