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- From: "George M. Carter" <fiar@verizon.net>
- Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 10:20:18 -0400
To: lipodystrophy@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 08:33:54 EDT
Subject: [lipodystrophy] Trans Fat Raises Bad Cholesterol
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Trans Fat Raises Bad Cholesterol
By
<http://aolsvc.health.webmd.aol.com/content/Biography/7/1756_50703.htm>Jeanie
Lerche Davis
WebMD Medical News Reviewed By
<http://aolsvc.health.webmd.aol.com/content/Biography/7/1756_50193.htm>Charlotte
Grayson, MD
on Monday, April 19, 2004
April 19, 2004 -- Trans fats aren't listed on nutrition labels. But trans
fats are in virtually all packaged foods -- and now there's evidence
showing they cause can raise bad cholesterol levels.
There's already proof that trans fats cause heart disease but a new study
involving pigs shows that two weeks on a high trans-fat diet can also
significantly increase cholesterol, reports researcher Kyle K. Henderson,
PhD, with the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is presenting his
evidence at the Experimental Biology annual meeting held this week in
Washington.
His evidence joins other studies showing that trans fat increases "bad"
LDL cholesterol, possibly more than saturated fat. Trans fat also appears
to reduce "good" HDL cholesterol, which saturated fat doesn't do. Trans
fat also increases blood levels of two more artery cloggers --
triglycerides and lipoprotein(a). All of these elements work together to
clog arteries and cause heart disease.
In this newest study, four adult pigs were placed on three different
high-fat diets.
For two 14-day periods, the pigs consumed either a high trans-fat diet or
a low trans-fat diet.
In the low trans-fat diet, coconut oil (a saturated fat) supplemented the
pigs' usual diet. In the high trans-fat diet, hydrogenated soybean oil (a
trans fat) supplemented the pigs' usual diet.
Pigs eating a high trans-fat diet had higher triglyceride and total
cholesterol levels; they also had significantly lower HDL "good"
cholesterol levels, reports Henderson.
With increasing information about trans fats, the FDA is now requiring
manufacturers to label foods for trans fats by 2006.
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SOURCES: Henderson, K. Study, presented at the annual meeting,
Experimental Biology 2004, Washington, April 17-21, 2003. WebMD Medical
News: "Stealth Fat Lurks in Favorite Foods."
2004 WebMD Inc. All rights reserved.
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