American Heart Association urges limit on trans fat in diet

TC · medicine forum Guru Joined: 02 May 2005 Posts: 1814

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-06-19-diet-guidelines_x.htm

The authors of these recomendations:

Diet and Lifestyle Recommendations Revision 2006. A Scientific
Statement From the American Heart Association Nutrition Committee
Alice H. Lichtenstein DSc, FAHA, Chair, Lawrence J. Appel MD, FAHA,
Vice-Chair, Michael Brands PhD, FAHA, Mercedes Carnethon PhD, Stephen
Daniels MD, PhD, FAHA, Barry Franklin PhD, FAHA, Penny Kris-Etherton
RD, PhD, FAHA, William S. Harris PhD, FAHA, Barbara Howard PhD, FAHA,
Njeri Karanja PhD, Michael Lefevre PhD, FAHA, Lawrence Rudel MD, PhD,
FAHA, Frank Sacks MD, FAHA, Linda Van Horn PhD, RD, FAHA, Mary Winston
EdD, and Judith Wylie-Rosett EdD, RD

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more info on some of these people who are setting national guidelines:

Alice H. Lichtenstein, Stanley N. Gershoff Professor of Nutrition
Science and Policy, School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts
University, Boston, MA. Research, partially supported by a grant from
the Egg Nutrition Center, found that diets lower in fat, saturated fat,
and cholesterol reduced LDL cholesterol. (Arterio. and Thromb.
1994;14:168-175) Research, partially supported by the Egg Nutrition
Center, concluded that the possible benefit of higher plasma carotenoid
levels due to egg yolks is counterbalanced by increased cholesterol
levels. (Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 1999;70:247-51)

Lawrence J. Appel, M.D., M.P.H., Division of Internal Medicine,
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore,
MD. Consultant to Tropicana.
(http://www4.nas.edu/webcr.nsf/CommitteeDisplay/FNBX-H-01-04-A?OpenDocument;
accessed 1/6/03) Receives research grants from King Pharmaceuticals
(www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/sci-news/2002/snr1218.htm; accessed 8/18/03)

Stephen R. Daniels, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Associate Chairman,
Heart Center Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Received
grants from Pfizer in 2004, while a visiting professor at Medical
University of South Carolina Children's Hospital.
(http://www.promisingminds.com/GrantsProgType.aspx?ProgID=301&ProgAreaID=2&ProgTypeID=1&PrevGrant=1;
accessed 5/3/05)

Penny Kris-Etherton, Ph.D., R.D., Department of Nutrition, Pennsylvania
State University. Consultant to Campbell Soup on Intelligent Cuisine
line (10/96, CSPI conversation with Campbell). Studies on chocolates
(stearic acid) and cholesterol levels were supported by the American
Cocoa Research Institute (an arm of the Chocolate Manufacturers
Association). (Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 1994;60(Suppl):1029S-36S;1037S-42S)
Using PRNewswire (6/23/99), IFIC, the industry-sponsored International
Food Information Council, suggested that journalists interested in
trans fat call Kris- Etherton. On Nutrition Advisory Panel of the
American Egg Board (1998).
(http://web.archive.org/web/19991103230056/http://aeb.org/aeb/aeb-sources/science.html,
1999) Study on monounsaturated fats was supported by the Peanut
Institute. (Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 1999;70:1009-15) Research on lipid and
lipoprotein responses to different diets partially supported by Abbott
Laboratories. (Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 2000;70:839-46) Research on the
effects of folate and vitamins B-12 and B-6 on serum total homocysteine
(tHcy) supported by Campbell Soup Company. (Am. J. Clin. Nutr.
2000;70:881-7) Study that compared meal plans and self-selected diet in
relation to cardiovascular risk reduction supported by Campbell Soup
Company. (Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 1997;66:373-85) Study on the benefits of a
prepared diet in relation to cardiovascular disease supported by
Campbell Soup Company. (Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 1996;64:935-43) "Serves as a
member of advisory committees to a number of food and pharmaceutical
groups and has research support from the food industry."
(http://www4.nas.edu/webcr.nsf/CommitteeDisplay/FNBX-H-01-05-A?OpenDocument;
accessed 1/6/03)

Barbara V. Howard, Ph.D., President, Medlantic Research Institute,
Washington, D.C. On Nutrition Advisory Council of the American Egg
Board (1998-1999).
(http://aeb.org/aeb/report/annual99/AEB_annual_report.htm; September
12, 2000)Research on the effects of sex and ethnicity on responses to a
low fat diet supported in part by Best Foods, a Division of CPC
International Inc. (Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 1995;62:488S-92S)

Njeri Karanja, Department of Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences
University, Portland, OR. Research on the effects of increasing calcium
in the diet supported by the National Dairy Promotion and Research
Board. (Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 1994;59:900-7)

Michael Lefevre, Ph.D., Chief of the Division of Functional Foods
Research; Professor in the Division of Nutrition and Chronic Disease at
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge. Research on fat-substituted and fat-reduced diets in
healthy obese men funded in part by Procter & Gamble. (Amer. J. Clin.
Nutr. 2002:76;928-34) Member of the Kraft Foods Worldwide Health &
Wellness Advisory Board. (http://www.kraft.com/obesity/09032003.html;
accessed 9/24/03)

Frank Sacks, M.D., Associate professor of nutrition, Harvard School of
Public Health; practicing physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Major clinical trial on Pravachol funded by Bristol-Myers Squibb.
(Nutrition Action Healthletter, 1/97)

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TC

Jim Chinnis · medicine forum Guru Joined: 30 Apr 2005 Posts: 1030

The big news in the AMA announcement was that they finally abandoned their
recommended limit on total fat (30%) in the diet.
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Jim Chinnis Warrenton, Virginia, USA jchinnis@alum.mit.edu

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