Patent ID: 7229653

Claim:
A method of aiding a person to increase the HDL concentration and the HDL/LDL concentration ratio in the serum of said person by providing a cholesterol-free dietary fat composition comprising a blend of at least one saturated fat and at least one polyunsaturated fat, wherein the ratio of polyunsaturated fatty acids to saturated fatty acids in said fat composition is from 0.5:1 to 2:1, and said dietary fat composition comprises between 20% and 40% by weight saturated fatty acids comprising lauric acid or palmitic acid or both, between 15% and 40% by weight linoleic acid, and no more than 1% by weight elaidic acid or other unnatural trans fatty acid; wherein said HDL concentration and said HDL/LDL concentration ratio will increase when the daily dietary fat accounts for between 15% and 50% of the total dietary energy and contains between 20% and 40% by weight saturated fatty adds comprising lauric acid or palmitic add or both and between 15% and 40% by weight linoleic acid.