Saturated fats, dairy foods and cardiovascular health: No longer a curious paradox?

ABSTRACT: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are a major cause of death and morbidity in many parts of the world, and many dietary guidelines limit the intake of saturated fatty acids (SFA) as they are regarded as an important risk factor for CVDs due to their association with increased blood cholesterol. Dairy foods are often a major contributor to dietary intake of SFA, and since many dietary guidelines contain restrictions on SFA intake, this can lead to a moderation of dairy food intake despite meta-analyses generally showing dairy to have a neutral or negative association with CVDs. Many prospective studies and randomised controlled trials do not support a simple positive association between SFA intake and the risk of atherosclerotic CVD and its components although some early studies had a number o

SUBMITTER: Givens DI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10091990 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature