Associations between dietary macronutrient intake and plasma lipids demonstrate criterion performance of the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) food-frequency questionnaire.
Nettleton JA, Rock CL, Wang Y, Jenny NS, Jacobs DR.
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, 1200 Herman Pressler, RAS E-641, Houston, TX 77030, USA. jennifer.a.nettleton@uth.tmc.edu
This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19454126
The study investigated the relationship of carbohydrate and fat intake with the levels of blood high density lipoprotein (good) HDL-cholesterol and (bad) triglycerides.
The results of the study show that:
(a) Greater carbohydrate intake was associated with lower (good) HDL-cholesterol and higher (bad) triglyceride levels.
(b) Greater fat intake was associated with higher (good) HDL-cholesterol and lower (bad) triglyceride levels
. High HDL-cholesterol levels are associated with lower heart disease risk, see here, whereas higher triglyceride levels are associated with higher heart disease risk. See here.