ReviewThe American journal of clinical nutrition2010
Saturated fat, carbohydrate, and cardiovascular disease.
Review in The American journal of clinical nutrition, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01929551 (Comparison of the Glycemic Index of a Drink Made of Natural Concentrated Mango Puree With Natural Concentrated Pear Juice With That of Other Five Products Based on Mango and Pear in Different Solid Products and Drinks), which is not on this map. Cited by 187 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Comparison of the Glycemic Index of a Drink Made of Natural Concentrated Mango Puree With Natural Concentrated Pear Juice With That of Other Five Products Based on Mango and Pear in Different Solid Products and Drinks
Who cites it
187 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 631 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of energy-matched low- versus high-carbohydrate diets on glycaemic control, lipid profile, and body composition in healthy adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.European journal of nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Saturated Fatty Acid Chain Length and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- Effect of Dietary and Supplemental Lycopene on Cardiovascular Risk Factors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2020Pooled it
- The Effects of Palm Oil on Plasma and Serum Lipid Parameters: A Systematic Review on Animal Intervention Studies.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2020Pooled it
- Relation of Vegetarian Dietary Patterns With Major Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies.Frontiers in nutrition · 2019Pooled it
- Vitamin C supplementation for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Review: Metabolic Syndrome in Black South African Women.Ethnicity & disease · 2017Pooled it
- Randomized controlled trial lifestyle interventions for Asian Americans: a systematic review.Preventive medicine · 2014Pooled it
- Co-enzyme Q10 supplementation for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014Pooled it
- Green and black tea for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013Pooled it
- Meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies evaluating the association of saturated fat with cardiovascular disease.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2010Pooled it
- Metabolomic Profiling and Diet Quality Scoring in a Randomized Crossover Trial of Healthy and Typical Dietary Patterns.Molecular nutrition & food research · 2025Trial
- Effect of acute ketosis on lipid profile in prediabetes: findings from a cross-over randomized controlled trial.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2022Trial
- Effects of a low-carbohydrate diet on insulin-resistant dyslipoproteinemia-a randomized controlled feeding trial.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2022Trial
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- Low-Fat Dietary Pattern among Postmenopausal Women Influences Long-Term Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, and Diabetes Outcomes.The Journal of nutrition · 2019Trial
- Triglyceride-glucose index is associated with symptomatic coronary artery disease in patients in secondary care.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2019Trial
- The Influence of Pre-Exercise Glucose versus Fructose Ingestion on Subsequent Postprandial Lipemia.Nutrients · 2018Trial
127 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
A focus of dietary recommendations for cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention and treatment has been a reduction in saturated fat intake, primarily as a means of lowering LDL-cholesterol concentrations. However, the evidence that supports a reduction in saturated fat intake must be evaluated in the context of replacement by other macronutrients. Clinical trials that replaced saturated fat with polyunsaturated fat have generally shown a reduction in CVD events, although several studies showed no effects. An independent association of saturated fat intake with CVD risk has not been consistently shown in prospective epidemiologic studies, although some have provided evidence of an increased risk in young individuals and in women. Replacement of saturated fat by polyunsaturated or monounsaturated fat lowers both LDL and HDL cholesterol. However, replacement with a higher carbohydrate intake, particularly refined carbohydrate, can exacerbate the atherogenic dyslipidemia associated with insulin resistance and obesity that includes increased triglycerides, small LDL particles, and reduced HDL cholesterol. In summary, although substitution of dietary polyunsaturated fat for saturated fat has been shown to lower CVD risk, there are few epidemiologic or clinical trial data to support a benefit of replacing saturated fat with carbohydrate. Furthermore, particularly given the differential effects of dietary saturated fats and carbohydrates on concentrations of larger and smaller LDL particles, respectively, dietary efforts to improve the increasing burden of CVD risk associated with atherogenic dyslipidemia should primarily emphasize the limitation of refined carbohydrate intakes and a reduction in excess adiposity.
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