Abstract
Dietary recommendations to lower cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk are focused on reducing the intake of dietary saturated fatty acids (SFAs). However, the number of randomized controlled trials with cardiovascular events as endpoints is limited, which makes it difficult to define the most optimal substitute for the dietary SFAs. The effects of dietary fatty acid intake on cardiovascular risk markers, such as serum lipid and lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations and noninvasive vascular function markers, can then be studied as an alternative approach. This chapter first summarizes the relation between these lipid-sensitive markers and cardiovascular risk. Then, the effects of dietary fatty acids on serum lipids and lipoproteins, noninvasive vascular function markers, and CVD risk are discussed.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Functional dietary lipids. Food formulation, consumer issues and innovation for health |
Editors | Sanders TAB |
Place of Publication | Cambridge |
Publisher | Woodhead Publishing |
Pages | 177-191 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2016 |