Effects of High Oleic Palm Olein, Virgin Olive Oil and Coconut Oil Diets on Markers Selected in Malaysian

Launched by MALAYSIA PALM OIL BOARD · Sep 18, 2014

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NoveLin has high content of monounsaturate fatty acids - oleic acid (C18:1) which is the predominant fatty acid and in this study NoveLin is used as cooking fat in compare with olive oil. Olive oil is the world's most commonly eaten monounsaturated oil which contains 55 - 83% oleic acid. Consumption of olive oil gives numerous health benefits on lowering total and LDL cholesterol, reducing LDL cholesterol's, lowering blood clotting factors, and lowering blood pressure. Coconut oil is the richest source of medium chain fatty acid and it has greater than 90% of saturated fatty acid with domin...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • males and females aged 20-60 years
• • BMI 23 - 27.5 kg/m2
• • free from any disease
• • not on any medication or treatment associated with reduction of CVD
• • non-smokers and non-heavy drinker or having smoking or alcoholic history
• • not pregnant or lactating
• • willing and able to comply
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • people on weight reduction therapy/program
• • people on cholesterol reduction medicatio
• • have one or more of the chronic diseases
• • people with blood clotting problem/ coagulopathy / deep vein thrombosis.
• • hypertensive persons (systolic pressure \> 140 mmHg, diastolic pressure \> 90 mmHg)
• • female who is pregnant
• • people travel to overseas during feeding.