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.
Men are also reported to have smaller low - density lipoprotein particles than women, whereas men and postmenopausal women have higher levels of
serum cholesterol and triglyceride sub-classes
compared with premenopausal women.
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.
Meanwhile during this same 60 years the American levels of heart disease, obesity, elevated
serum cholesterol, and Alzheimer's have skyrocketed
compared to our ancestors, and even
compared to modern - day primitive societies using saturated fat as a dietary staple.
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-.
Furthermore, hypercholesterolemic men who received 15 g / d of guar gum had significantly lower
serum total
cholesterol and LDL
cholesterol con - centrations
compared to the placebo controls after 6 weeks (Aro et al., 1984).