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Serum Lipid Effects of a High–Monounsaturated Fat Diet Based on Macadamia Nuts
J. David Curb, MD;
Gilbert Wergowske, MD;
Joan C. Dobbs, PhD;
Robert D. Abbott, PhD;
Boji Huang, MD, PhD
Arch Intern Med. 2000;160:1154-1158.
Background Recent studies have identified potential beneficial effects of eating nuts, most of which have substantial amounts of monounsaturated fats. Macadamia nuts are 75% fat by weight, 80% of which is monounsaturated.
Objective To examine variations in serum lipid levels in response to a high–monounsaturated fat diet based on macadamia nuts.
Methods A randomized crossover trial of three 30-day diets was conducted in 30 volunteers aged 18 to 53 years from a free-living population. Each was fed a "typical American" diet high in saturated fat (37% energy from fat); an American Heart Association Step 1 diet (30% energy from fat); and a macadamia nut–based monounsaturated fat diet (37% energy from fat) in random order. Serum total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and triglyceride levels were measured.
Results Mean total cholesterol level after the typical American diet was 5.20 mmol/L (201 mg/dL). After the Step 1 diet and the macadamia nut diet, total cholesterol level was 4.99 mmol/L (193 mg/dL) and 4.95 mmol/L (191 mg/dL), respectively. Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level was 3.37 mmol/L (130 mg/dL) (typical diet), 3.21 mmol/L (124 mg/dL) (Step 1 diet), and 3.22 mmol/L (125 mg/dL) (macadamia nut diet). High-density lipoprotein cholesterol level was 1.43 mmol/L (55 mg/dL) (typical), 1.34 mmol/L (52 mg/dL) (Step 1), and 1.37 mmol/L (53 mg/dL) (macadamia nut). Lipid values after the Step 1 and macadamia nut diets were significantly different from those after the typical diet (P<.05).
Conclusions The macadamia nut–based diet high in monounsaturated fat and the moderately low-fat diet both had potentially beneficial effects on cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels when compared with a typical American diet.
From the Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine (Drs Curb, Wergowske, Abbott, and Huang), and Division of Geriatric Medicine (Drs Curb and Wergowske), John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu; Exploring New Concepts, Honolulu (Dr Dobbs); and Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville (Dr Abbott).
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