Association of Dietary, Circulating, and Supplement Fatty Acids With Coronary Risk
Authors: Adrienne O’Neil, Catherine Itsiopoulos
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2014)

Letters16 September 2014Association of Dietary, Circulating, and Supplement Fatty Acids With Coronary RiskAdrienne O'Neil, BA Hons, PhD and Catherine Itsiopoulos, BSc (Hons), Grad Dip Diet, MPH, PhD, APD, ANAdrienne O'Neil, BA Hons, PhDFrom Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia, and La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. and Catherine Itsiopoulos, BSc (Hons), Grad Dip Diet, MPH, PhD, APD, ANFrom Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia, and La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/L14-5018-10 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:We read Chowdhury and colleagues' review (1) with interest. The authors concluded that "Current evidence does not clearly support cardiovascular guidelines that encourage high consumption of polyunsaturated fatty acids and low consumption of total saturated fats." This review is timely, given conjecture around the association between dietary fats and CVD and the implications for clinical practice. From physiologic, nutritional, and clinical and public health perspectives, we would argue that CVD prevention and management guidelines should diverge from a narrow reductionist approach focusing on individual nutrients toward a whole-diet approach that considers the potential to influence underlying pathophysiologic ...References1. Chowdhury R, Warnakula S, Kunutsor S, Crowe F, Ward HA, Johnson L, et al. Association of dietary, circulating, and supplement fatty acids with coronary risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med. 2014;160:398-406. [PMID: 24723079] doi:10.7326/M13-1788 LinkGoogle Scholar2. Libby P. 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