Fats and oils, a.k.a. lipids, are a chemically diverse group of compounds with the highest energy density among all major macro nutrients. Lipids play an important role in commercial turkey diets both physically and physiologically. From a physical standpoint, lipids are associated with processes related to improvement of live weight gain and feed efficiencies in commercial turkeys. Breeder tur...

Background Research suggests that not all fats are created equal, particularly when it comes to heart health. In fact, various dietary fats or fatty acids can have different effects on blood lipids associated with coronary heart disease (CHD) such as HDL (“good”) cholesterol, LDL (“bad”) cholesterol, and triglycerides. Trans fatty acids and high amounts of certain saturated fatty acids (SFA) in...

Previous work has shown that a high-fat meal produces an increased coagulability of the blood. This fact is of interest in view of the effects of dietary fat on the serum cholesterol and its association with coronary disease. Since fats containing large amounts of unsaturated fatty acid tend to reduce the serum cholesterol rather than increase it, it is important to examine the effects of fats ...

The present paper is the first of a series which the authors expect to offer on the more general subject of the effects of fat in the diet. This paper will be limited to the following topics: experimental methods; description of the new disease; comparative growth and ovulation with and without fat; curing the disease; discussion, and summary. It is believed that the data presented here definit...

BACKGROUND Dietary patterns are related to mortality in selected populations with comorbidities. We studied whether dietary patterns are associated with long-term survival in a middle-aged, healthy population. METHODS In this observational cohort study at the Cooper Clinic preventive medicine center (Dallas, Tex), a volunteer sample of 11,376 men and women with no history of myocardial infarc...

Elevated serum low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol is a strong risk factor for coronary heart disease; dietary as well as therapeutic regimens target reduction of serum LDL cholesterol to decrease the morbidity and mortality of coronary heart disease. The fatty acid composition of dietary fat has a marked impact on serum LDL cholesterol and other risk factors of diet-related chronic disea...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of sociodemographic characteristics and baseline food habits on the dietary response to a nutritional intervention promoting the Mediterranean food pattern and maintenance of dietary modifications in 73 healthy women. The 12-week nutritional intervention in free-living conditions consisted of two group courses and seven individual sessions...

With regards to obesity-related disease the impact of exercise training on health depends on the ability of exercise to promote a negative energy balance. Exercise's effect on promoting a negative energy balance is more likely to occur if exercise can induce a favourable dietary intake such as a reduced relative fat content in the diet. As such, the aim of this study was to evaluate and compare...

BACKGROUND Total folate intake includes naturally occurring food folate and folic acid from fortified foods and dietary supplements. Recent reports have focused on total folate intakes of persons aged > or =14 y. Information on total folate intakes of young children, however, is limited. OBJECTIVE The objective was to compute total folate and total folic acid intakes of US children aged 1-13 ...

Image-based dietary assessment methods have the potential to address respondent burden and improve engagement in the task of recording for dietary interventions. The aim of this study was to assess factors associated with the willingness of adults to take images of food and beverages using a mobile food record (mFR) application. A combined sample of 212 young adults and 73 overweight and obese ...