Fatty acid composition of habitual omnivore and vegetarian diets Mann, Neil, Pirotta, Yvonne, O'Connell, Stella, Li, Duo and Sinclair, Andrew 2006, Fatty acid composition of habitual omnivore and vegetarian diets, Lipids, vol. 41, no. 7, pp. 637-646, doi: 10.1007/s11745-006-5014-9. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Fatty acid composition of habitual omnivore and vegetarian diets Author(s) Mann, Neil Pirotta, Yvonne O'Connell, Stella Li, Duo Sinclair, Andrew Journal name Lipids Volume number 41 Issue number 7 Start page 637 End page 646 Total pages 10 Publisher American Oil Chemists' Society Place of publication Champaign, Ill. Publication date 2006-07 ISSN 0024-4201 1558-9307 Summary High-fat diets are implicated in the onset of cardiovascular disease (CVD), cancer, and obesity. Large intakes of saturated and trans FA, together with low levels of PUFA, particularly long-chain (LC) omega-3 (n−3) PUFA, appear to have the greatest impact on the development of CVD. A high n−6∶n−3 PUFA ratio is also considered a marker of elevated risk of CVD, though little accurate data on dietary intake is available. A new Australian food  composition database that reports FA in foods to two decimal places was used to assess intakes of FA in four habitual dietary groups. Analysis using the database found correlations between the dietary intakes of LC n−3 PUFA and the plasma phospholipid LC n−3 PUFA concentrations of omnivore and vegetarian subjects. High meat-eaters (HME), who consumed large  amounts of food generally, had significantly higher LC n−3 PUFA intakes (0.29 g/d) than moderate meat-eaters (MME) (0.14 g/d), whose intakes in turn were significantly higher than those of ovolacto-vegetarians or vegans (both 0.01 g/d). The saturated FA intake of MME subjects (typical of adult male Australians) was not different from ovolacto-vegetarian intakes, whereas n−6∶n−3 intake ratios in vegetarians were significantly higher than in omnivores. Thus, accurate dietary and plasma FA analyses suggest that regular moderate consumption of meat and fish maintains a plasma FA profile possibly more conducive to good health. Language eng DOI 10.1007/s11745-006-5014-9 Field of Research 069999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 0 Not Applicable HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2006, Springer Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30009415 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 10:17:19 EST Thu, 13 Aug 2015, 10:31:59 EST Fri, 14 Aug 2015, 08:34:57 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 19 times in TR Web of Science Cited 22 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 606 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 13 Oct 2008, 16:00:09 EST

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