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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 profile of a high-MUFA diets (olive oil) and high-PUFA diets (pumpkin seed oil). The most significant difference between the two groups was that the atherogenic index in groups given olive oil was significantly 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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