Influence of stearic acid on cholesterol metabolism relative to other long-chain fatty acids.

@article{Grundy1994InfluenceOS,
  title={Influence of stearic acid on cholesterol metabolism relative to other long-chain fatty acids.},
  author={Scott M. Grundy},
  journal={The American journal of clinical nutrition},
  year={1994},
  volume={60 6 Suppl},
  pages={
          986S-990S
        }
}
  • S. Grundy
  • Published 1 December 1994
  • Biology
  • The American journal of clinical nutrition
Stearic acid is a long-chain saturated fatty acid. However, in contrast with other saturated fatty acids, stearic acid apparently does not raise serum cholesterol concentrations. Studies carried out three decades ago provided strong suggestive evidence that this was the case. More recent investigations that specifically compared stearic acid with other fatty acids in human studies have confirmed that stearic acid is not hypercholesterolemic. Stearic acid was shown not to raise low-density… 
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