The role of dietary fats and oils in human nutrition is one of the most important areas of concern and investigation in the field of nutritional science. The findings of investigations on this subject have wide-ranging implications for consumers, health-care providers and nutrition educators as well as food producers, processors and distributors. New evidence concerning the benefits and risks a...

Studies were carried out on the effects of polyunsaturated fats on lipid metabolism in 11 patients with hypertriglyceridemia. During cholesterol balance studies performed in eight patients, the feeding of polyunsaturated fats, as compared with saturated fats, caused an increased excretion of endogenous neutral steroids, acidic steroids, or both in most patients. Increases in steroid excretions...

What is inherently present in the ?good versus bad? discussion, though, is that while there are some similar components, fats aren?t created or behave in the same way. For instance, all fats have the same amount of calories, but they vary in their chemical compositions and effects on health. Saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated are found naturally and some trans fats are chemically-p...

Fats are added to poultry diets as a source of energy and essential fatty acids. Ldditionally fats aid in reducing dustiness of most diets and at low levels act as a lbricant for the pellet die. Fat utilization is affected by a number of factors including fat omposition, bird age, bird species, intestinal status and composition of the diet into which fat is incorporated. In general, young birds...

Understanding toothed whale (odontocete) diving gas dynamics is important given the recent atypical mass strandings of odontocetes (particularly beaked whales) associated with mid-frequency naval sonar. Some stranded whales have exhibited gas emboli (pathologies resembling decompression sickness) in their specialized intramandibular and extramandibular fat bodies used for echolocation and heari...

The Beneficial Effects of Dairy Fats on Post-Meal Inflammation  Eating saturated fats is associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease and post-meal inflammation.  Studies suggest that not all saturated fats are equally harmful, and dairy fats in particular may even have some beneficial effects on cardiovascular disease risk and inflammation.  A new study found that a high-fat diet...

A century ago, dietary fat was mainly seen as a source of energy. In 1929, George and Mildred Burr introduced the concept of essential fats: certain fats, i.e. linoleic acid and alpha-linolenic acid, need to be provided by the diet to prevent deficiencies. Although essential fats were initially considered of marginal nutritional importance for humans, clinical deficiency symptoms were recorded ...

What is inherently present in the ?good versus bad? discussion, though, is that while there are some similar components, fats aren?t created or behave in the same way. For instance, all fats have the same amount of calories, but they vary in their chemical compositions and effects on health. Saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated are found naturally and some trans fats are chemically-p...

What is inherently present in the ?good versus bad? discussion, though, is that while there are some similar components, fats aren?t created or behave in the same way. For instance, all fats have the same amount of calories, but they vary in their chemical compositions and effects on health. Saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated are found naturally and some trans fats are chemically-p...

What is inherently present in the ?good versus bad? discussion, though, is that while there are some similar components, fats aren?t created or behave in the same way. For instance, all fats have the same amount of calories, but they vary in their chemical compositions and effects on health. Saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated are found naturally and some trans fats are chemically-p...