Plasma lipid and lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations in adult males consuming normal and high cholesterol diets under controlled conditions
Open Access
- 1 June 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Vol. 34 (6), 1103-1108
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/34.6.1103
Abstract
Twenty-three young adult males were fed diets containing either 400 or 1400 mg of cholesterol per day under controlled conditions for 4 wk. There were minimal differences between the two diets in total protein, carbohydrate, fat, and the P/S fatty acid ratio. In both diets 400 mg of cholesterol was supplied from nonegg food sources; the additional 1000 mg of cholesterol was from four whole eggs. Blood samples were collected after a 12- to 14-h fast at the beginning of the study, weekly throughout the experimental period, and 1 wk after completion of the study. Plasma total cholesterol and triglycerides and high-density, low-density, and very low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels were measured. No significant differences in plasma total cholesterol, triglycerides, and lipoprotein cholesterol levels were observed between groups at any time. However, plasma cholesterol and cholesterol content of individual lipoproteins varied considerably among the individual subjects fed the high cholesterol diet. The importance of changes in the properties and metabolic activity of individual lipoproteins induced by dietary cholesterol with or without gross changes in the cholesterol levels remains to be determined.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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