| Aaron Wilmont
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| | main saturated fatty acid in most diets.
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| Researchers working at the Veterans
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| | This acid is known to cause an increase
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| Affairs Medical Center state that DPA and
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| | in both total cholesterol and low-density
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| DHA, primary components of fish oil,
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| | cholesterol levels; the researchers,
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| provide substantial protection against
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| | however, found that the detrimental
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| coronary heart disease. This study
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| | effect of a high intake of palmitic acid
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| involved more tha six thousand
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| | persisted even after allowing for its
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| middle-aged men who had samples of their
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| | cholesterol- increasing effect. The
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| blood taken between 1973 and 1976. During
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| | researchers also determined that men with
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| the next seven years, 94 of these men had
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| | a higher blood level of the Omega-3
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| a heart attack or died suddenly due to
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| | unsaturated fatty acids, docosapentaenoic
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| heart disease. The 94 men were matched
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| | acid and docosahexaenoic acid had an
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| with 94 healthy men and the fatty acid
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| | almost 50 percent lower risk of
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| profile of their blood samples compared.
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| | developing heart disease than did men
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| The researchers discovered that the 94
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| | with lower levels. Furthermore, the
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| men with heart disease tended to have a
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| | researchers found that men with CHD
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| higher serum level of the saturated fatty
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| | tended to have a higher serum level of
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| acid palmitic acid and stated that a high
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| | Omega-6 fatty acids derived from linoleic
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| level of this acid increases the risk of
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| | acid. Fish oil seems to restore the
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| CHD by 68 percent. Palmitic acid is the
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| | balance.
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