background: it has been suggested that nutrition might play a role in the etiology of multiple sclerosis (ms). however, dietary patterns associated with ms risk are unknown. this study was conducted to compare the dietary patterns of patients with ms and healthy controls to find the relationship between dietary patterns and ms. methods: usual dietary intake of 75 women with relapsing/remitting ...

Dietary fats have important effects on the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Abundant evidence shows that partial replacement of saturated fatty acids (SAFA) with unsaturated fatty acids improves the blood lipid and lipoprotein profile and reduces the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). Low-fat diets high in refined carbohydrates and sugar are not effective. Very long-chain polyunsaturate...

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...

The pork industry is constantly seeking economical methods which will increase production efficiency and carcass quality. Three nutritional management “tools” at pork producer’s disposal that have been demonstrated to improve growth performance and carcass characteristics are: 1) adding rendered animal fats to diets; 2) adding the recently approved feed additive ractopamine to finishing diets; ...

Only a few land-animal fats have been studied in detail so far with respect to their fatty acid composition and the pattern of glyceride molecules. Among those whose fatty acid compositions are available are lion and cat (Hilditch, Sime & Maddison, 1942; Gunstone & Russell, 1954), puma (Giral, 1945), tiger (Pathak & Agarwal, 1952; Gunstone, 1955), sacred baboon, Ceylon sloth bear (Hilditch et a...

Increasingly, over the past 40 years, the conception of diet has undergone major changes. Many of these changes involve changes in dietary intake of fats and oils. There has been an increasing consumption of partially hydrogenated transvegetable oils and a decreasing intake of lauric acid-containing oils. Although popular literature usually attribute an increased risk of coronary heart disease ...

Using urban household-level survey data from 1992 to 1998, we provide estimates of final demand for edible vegetable oils and animal fats in three regions of China based on the LinQuad incomplete demand system. For each region, the demand for the major “staple” oil is price inelastic. The demand for “condiment” or flavoring oils is more price responsive. All edible oils and fats have positive i...

The composition of triacylglycerol (TAG) for the differentiation of lard and other animal fats (beef, mutton, and chicken fats) as well as cod liver oil (CLO) has been investigated using high performance liquid chromatography with refractive index detector. The authenticity of the used samples was determined based on their fatty (FA) acid profiles. FA compositions of the studied fats and oils w...

Since plant oils are believed to be better than animal fats for cerebrovascular and cardiovascular diseases, the effects of various plant oils and trans-fat on blood lipid profiles and ischemic stroke were investigated. Sprague-Dawley rats were fed a diet containing the oils or trans-fat, and then body weights, blood lipids, and effects on brain infarction and physical dysfunction induced by mi...