Omega-6 Fatty Acids and Risk for Cardiovascular Disease: A Science Advisory From the American Heart Association Nutrition Subcommittee of the Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism;…

By William S. Harris, D. Mozaffarian, E. Rimm, P. Kris-Etherton, L. Rudel, L. Appel, M. Engler, M. Engler, F. Sacks. Circulation, 2009

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Subfields: Biochemistry, Nutrition and Dietetics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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Citations in the corpus

• Health Implications of High Dietary Omega-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (2012, background): “The role of n-6 PUFA in CVD is much more complex than the role of n-3 PUFA.”
• 2016 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the Management of Dyslipidaemias. (2016, background): “Not enough data are available to make a recommendation regarding the optimal n-3:n-6 fatty acid ratio.(182,183) The cholesterol intake in the diet should be reduced (,300 mg/day), particularly in people with high plasma cholesterol levels.”
• ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias: the Task Force for the management of dyslipidaemias of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS). (2011, background): “2–3 g/day) reduces TG levels, but a higher dosage may increase LDL-C; not enough data are available to make a recommendation regarding the optimal n-3/n-6 fatty acid ratio.(98) The cholesterol intake in the diet should ideally be ,300 mg/day.”
• Nutrition Therapy Recommendations for the Management of Adults With Diabetes (2013, neutral): “Controversy exists on the best ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids; PUFAs and MUFAs are recommended substitutes for saturated or trans fat (105,174).”