HEALTHY DIETS AND SCIENCE: Cancer patients have low HDL cholesterol levels years before diagnosis - Best way to raise HDL is to eat saturated fat

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Friday, 19 October 2012

Cancer patients have low HDL cholesterol levels years before diagnosis - Best way to raise HDL is to eat saturated fat

This study was published in the Journal of American College of Cardiology 2012;59(13s1):E1764-E1764.

HIGH-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL AND CANCER INCIDENCE: DATA FROM THE FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY

Paul Michael Lavigne; Haseeb Jafri; Richard Karas

This study can be accessed at: http://content.onlinejacc.org/article.aspx?articleid=1205851

This study investigated the association of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels with the incidence of cancer. The study included 201 cases of cancer and 402 matched controls. Their HDL cholesterol levels were measured at four time points throughout an average of 18.7 years prior to diagnosis of cancer.

The study found that HDL cholesterol levels were lower in cancer subjects than matched controls at each point of assessment throughout the 18.7 years prior to diagnosis.

The best way to raise your HDL cholesterol levels is to consume a diet rich in saturated fat, see here.