Subgroup analyses revealed that palm oil has a beneficial effect on High-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels when more than 30 % of total dietary energy was constituted by fat .
This review revealed that palm oil does not induce increases in cardiovascular disease risk risk-related biomarkers relative to unsaturated fatty acids .
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The precise association between palm oil consumption and  lipid-related cardiovascular disease risk remains unclear .
A systematic review was thus performed to assess whether palm oil consumption has a negative effect on plasma lipid-related cardiovascular disease marker levels .
Impact of myristic acid versus palmitic acid on serum lipid and lipoprotein levels in healthy women and men.
The cholesterol-raising effect of dietary saturated fatty acids is largely accounted for by lauric , myristic , and palmitic acids . Dairy fat is a major source of myristic acid , and palm oil is especially rich in palmitic acid . Myristic acid is suspected of being much more cholesterolemic than palmitic acid , but direct comparisons have been lacking . We therefore fed 36 women and 23 men three diets that differed from each other in palmitic , oleic , and myristic acid content by about 10 % of total energy . We used palm oil , high-oleic acid sunflower oil , and a specially produced high-myristic acid fat to achieve these differences . Each diet was consumed for 3 weeks in r and om order . Mean serum cholesterol was 4.53 mmol/L on the high-oleic acid diet , 4.96 mmol/L on the palmitic acid diet , and 5.19 mmol/L on the myristic acid diet ( P < .0001 for all comparisons ) . Myristic acid raised low-density lipoprotein ( LDL ) cholesterol by 0.11 mmol/L , high-density lipoprotein ( HDL ) cholesterol by 0.12 mmol/L , and apolipoprotein ( apo ) A-I by 7.2 mg/dL relative to palmitic acid ; increases relative to oleic acid were 0.50 mmol/L for LDL cholesterol , 0.15 mmol/L for HDL cholesterol , 6.0 mg/dL for apoB , and 8.9 mg/dL for apoA-I ( P < .01 for all comparisons ) . The HDL cholesterol and apoA-I levels on the palmitic and oleic acid diets were the same . None of the responses differed significantly between woman and men . Myristic acid and palmitic acid both caused high LDL cholesterol and apoB levels and low HDL to LDL ratios . ( ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS
Subgroup analyses revealed that palm oil has a beneficial effect on High-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels when more than 30 % of total dietary energy was constituted by fat .
This review revealed that palm oil does not induce increases in cardiovascular disease risk risk-related biomarkers relative to unsaturated fatty acids .
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The precise association between palm oil consumption and  lipid-related cardiovascular disease risk remains unclear .
A systematic review was thus performed to assess whether palm oil consumption has a negative effect on plasma lipid-related cardiovascular disease marker levels .