The recommendation to limit dietary saturated fatty acid (SFA) intake has persisted despite mounting evidence to the contrary. Most recent meta-analyses of randomized trials and observational studies found no beneficial effects of reducing SFA intake on cardiovascular disease (CVD) and total mortality, and instead found protective effects against stroke. Although SFAs increase low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol, in most individuals, this is not due to increasing levels of small, dense LDL particles, but rather larger LDL which are much less strongly related to CVD risk.
Month: August 2020
Energy Requirement is Higher During Weight-Loss Maintenance in Adults Consuming a Low-Compared with High-Carbohydrate Diet
This study reports secondary outcomes from Ebbeling et al. 2020. Mean estimated energy requirement was high in the low-versus high carbohydrate group in several models of varying covariate structure involving intention-to-treat and per protocol analysis. Differences ranged from 181-323 calories per day.