The study included 677 patients from the multicentre,
prospective cohort study B - SAFE.4 BMIPP scintigraphy, ECG and C - reactive protein assessment was performed in all patients.
Yet the reduction in LDL cholesterol from reducing saturated fat intake seems to be specific to large, buoyant (type A) LDL particles, when in factit is the small, dense (type
B) particles (responsive to carbohydrate intake) that are implicated in cardiovascular disease.Indeed, recent
prospective cohort studies have not supported any significant association between saturated fat intake and cardiovascular risk Instead, saturated fat has been found to be protective.»