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The Effects of Olive and Pumpkin Seed Oil on Serum Lipid Concentrations

Low-fat diets increase serum triacilglycerol and decrease HDL-cholesterol concentrations, thereby potentially adversely affecting cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. The present study compared the CVD risk profi le of a high- MUFA diets (olive oil) and high-PUFA diets (pumpkin seed oil). The most signifi cant difference between the two groups was that the atherogenic index in groups given olive oil was signifi cantly lower (for approximately 60 %) than atherogenic index recorded in control group, while in the group receiving pumpkin seed oil this reduction was approximately 40 %. Collectively, these findings point to the fact that both a high MUFA and PUFA diet may be preferable to a low-fat diet because of more favorable effects on the CVD risk profile.

cholesterol ; triglycerides ; HDL and LDL-cholesterol ; olive oil ; pumpkin seed oil

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