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CLEARING UP CHOLESTEROL CONFUSION

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CLEARING UP CHOLESTEROL CONFUSION

DIETARY VERSUS PLASMA

US MORTALITY

MAJOR CVD RISK FACTORS

CVD RISK CLASSIFICATION

DIETARY RECOMMENDATIONS

FOUR FOOD GROUPS

Changing American Diet

US DIET EXPERIMENT

LAND OF CONFUSION

DIETARY & PLASMA CHOLESTEROL

DIET, EtOH & CHD: 18 Countries

CHOLESTEROL FEEDING STUDIES

CHOLESTEROL DYNAMICS

CONFOUNDING VARIABLES

FAT CALORIE

FAT P:S

INITIAL PLASMA CHOLESTEROL

INITIAL DIETARY CHOLESTEROL

DIETARY CHOLESTEROL DOSE

Knopp et al. Study

EGG FEEDING STUDY

STEP 1 DIET & PLASMA LIPIDS

META-ANALYSIS

DATA BASE

META-ANALYSIS RESULTS

STEP 1 DIET RESPONSES

DELTA STUDY

META-ANALYSIS CONCLUSION

DIET-CVD EPIDEMIOLOGY

FRAMINGHAM – 1982

FRAMINGHAM – 1996

MRFIT BASELINE DATA

43,000 MALE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

NURSESÂ’ HEALTH STUDY [n=80,082]

GOOD NEWS:

EGGS & CVD

EGGS / WK & CHD RISK

EGGS & CHD

MIXED MEDIA MESSAGES

PER CAPITA EGG CONSUMPTION

EGGS & PLASMA CHOLESTEROL

NUTRIENT DENSE EGGS

EGGS IN THE DIET

EGGS & CAROTENOIDS

NUTRITIONAL PARADOX

SEVEN COUNTRIES STUDY

CVD MORTALITY: 210 mg/dl

SEVEN COUNTRIES STUDY

EGGS & CVD

CVD RISK FACTORS

CONCLUSIONS

RECOMMENDATIONS

PPT Slide

Author: Donald J. McNamara, Ph.D.

Email: [email protected]

Home Page: www.enc-online.org

Other information:
Presentation to the Nebraska Dietetics Association 23 April 1999

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