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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53172#.VLcvqMnQrzE Author(s)     Mauricio Poblete 1 , Amalia Neira 2 , Ricardo Huilcamán 1 , Iván Palomo 1,3 , Jose Antonio Yuri 2,3 , Rodrigo Moore-Carrasco 1,3*   Affiliation(s) 1 Haematology and Immunology Laboratory, Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunohaematology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de Talca, Talca, Chile . 2 Pome Fruit Centre, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Universidad de Talca, Talca, Chile . 3 Centre for Studies in Processed Food (CEAP), Regional CONICYT, Gore Maule, Talca, Chile . ABSTRACT Dyslipidemia is highly prevalent in the Chilean population: about 40% have total cholesterol levels over 200 mg/dl and 25% are obese (BMI > 30) which produces an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and deaths. Over consumption of foods rich in lipids and carbohydrates unchains these events, due to the high a...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50455#.VD9zb1fHRK0 Author(s)   J. Elliott Affiliation(s) Independent, Bega, Australia . ABSTRACT The lipid hypothesis of coronary heart disease proposes that a high total cholesterol level has a causative role in coronary heart disease (CHD), specifically in the development of atherosclerosis. It forms the basis for formulating target levels of serum cholesterol and hence the widespread use of statins for lowering cholesterol. An extension of the lipid hypothesis is the diet/heart hypothesis of coronary heart disease. This theory combines two ideas—that saturated fat raises cholesterol levels, and that a reduced saturated fat intake will lower cholesterol le...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50223#.VDIRJVfHRK0 Author(s)      Maribel Cortés-Ortiz , Perla Leal-Galicia , Benjamín E. Chávez-Álvarez , María del Carmen Cárdenas-Aguayo , Marco Antonio Meraz-Ríos Affiliation(s) Departamento de Biomedicina Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico . ABSTRACT Nutritional intake is a fundamental determinant of health. It is well known that cholesterol rich diets can induce several pathological conditions but detailed mechanism underlying these remains unknown. Wistar rats, an animal strain widely used in the research have been employed...