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Old Wed, Jun-24-09, 09:12
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Benefits of a high-saturated fat diet on the heart
http://drbganimalpharm.blogspot.com...t-diets-in.html
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It was observed that in post-menopausal women with documented heart disease from the Estrogen Replacement and Atherosclerosis (ERA) trial, a multicenter clinical trial evaluating the effects of hormone replacement therapy on atherosclerotic progression, in the group consuming the highest-saturated dietary fat diet (12.0% Sat Fat), an enlargement in coronary diameter of 0.01 mm and a 0.1% regression in coronary artery stenosis.

Dietary fats, carbohydrate, and progression of coronary atherosclerosis in postmenopausal women.
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Dividing the saturated fat intake into quartiles, the individuals at the highest quartile (dietary saturated fat intake: 12.0%) demonstrated the least progression on angiogram of coronary diameter. In fact, this was the only group that exhibited REGRESSION.

This group was also characterized as having the:
--least medications, including lipid-lowering medications
--the least medications and the higher the saturated fat, the more coronary artery widening in coronary artery diameter
--highest LDL (low density lipoprotein) measurements
--highest HDL (high density lipoprotein 'good cholesterol)
--lowest Trigs
--MOST PAST AND CURRENT SMOKERS
--highest dietary fat intake
--highest monounsaturated fat intake
--lowest dietary carbohydrate intake (47.1% v. (!!)69%)
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