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Review
. 2020 Oct 22;12(11):3232.
doi: 10.3390/nu12113232.

Diet Quality, Saturated Fat and Metabolic Syndrome

Stéphanie Harrison  1   2 , Patrick Couture  1   3 , Benoît Lamarche  1   2
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Review

Diet Quality, Saturated Fat and Metabolic Syndrome

Stéphanie Harrison et al. Nutrients. .

Abstract

Indices reflecting overall diet quality are used globally in research to predict the risk of various diseases and metabolic disorders such as metabolic syndrome (MetS). Such indices are built to measure adherence to current dietary guidelines or to best assess the diet-disease relationship. Although mostly food-based, dietary guidelines often include recommendations to limit saturated fatty acid (SFA) intake in order to prevent cardiovascular diseases. However, not all diet quality indices consider SFA in their definition of diet quality. Additionally, the relationship between SFA consumption and the development of MetS remains unclear. The purpose of this short review was to explore the association between MetS and various diet quality indices and dietary patterns, with a focus on how SFA contributes to these associations.

Keywords: cardiovascular disease; diet quality; dietary guidelines; metabolic syndrome; saturated fatty acids.

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Conflict of interest statement

S.H. received the Emerging Scholars Grant from the Canadian Research Data Centre Network (CRDCN) and a Studentship from the Chair of Nutrition, Université Laval. P.C. and B.L. have received funding during the past 5 years from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Growing Forward program supported by the Dairy Farmers of Canada (completion in 2017), Growing Forward program supported by Canola Council of Canada, Flax Council of Canada and Dow Agrosciences (completion in 2017)), National Dairy Council (completion in 2017), and Atrium Innovations. PC has also received funding from Merck Frosst, Pfizer, Amgen, Sanofi, and Kaneka Corporation.

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