Cholesterol-lowering effects of dietary fiber: a meta-analysis
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...Dietary fibre (particularly of the soluble type), which is present in legumes, fruit, vegetables, and wholemeal cereals, has a direct hypocholesterolaemic effect.(65) Therefore, carbohydrate foods rich in fibres represent an optimal dietary substitute for saturated fat to maximize the effects of the diet on LDL-C levels and to minimize possible untoward effects of a high carbohydrate diet on other lipoproteins....
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...Therefore, carbohydrate foods rich in fibres represent an optimal dietary substitute for saturated fat to maximize the effects of the diet on LDL-C levels and to minimize possible untoward effects of a high carbohydrate diet on other lipoproteins.(65) Body weight reduction also influences TC and LDL-C, but the magnitude of the effect is rather small; in grossly obese subjects a drop in LDL-C concentration of 0....
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...oats and barley)—has a hypocholesterolaemic effect and represents a good dietary substitute for saturated fat to maximize the effects of the diet on LDL-C levels, and to minimize the untoward effects of a high-carbohydrate diet on other lipoproteins.(140,179) Carbohydrate intake should range between 45 55% of total energy intake, since both higher and lower percentages of carbohydrate diets are associated with increased mortality....
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