Lifestyle approaches and dietary strategies to lower LDL-cholesterol and triglycerides and raise HDL-cholesterol

Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 2009 Mar;38(1):45-78. doi: 10.1016/j.ecl.2008.11.010.

Abstract

This article discusses specific dietary factors as well as dietary patterns that affect the major coronary heart disease (CHD) lipid risk factors (ie, LDL-C, HDL-C, and TG). Based on a very large evidence base, it is clear that diet and lifestyle practices can markedly affect these major CHD lipid risk factors, and consequently decrease CHD risk substantively.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Alcohol Drinking / blood
  • Cholesterol, Dietary / metabolism
  • Cholesterol, HDL / blood*
  • Cholesterol, LDL / blood*
  • Diet*
  • Diet, Fat-Restricted
  • Diet, Mediterranean
  • Fatty Acids / metabolism
  • Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated / therapeutic use
  • Fatty Acids, Omega-3 / therapeutic use
  • Glycine max
  • Humans
  • Hypercholesterolemia / blood
  • Hypercholesterolemia / diet therapy
  • Hypercholesterolemia / therapy*
  • Hypertriglyceridemia / blood
  • Hypertriglyceridemia / diet therapy
  • Hypertriglyceridemia / therapy*
  • Life Style*
  • Motor Activity / physiology
  • Phytosterols / therapeutic use
  • Triglycerides / blood*
  • Weight Loss

Substances

  • Cholesterol, Dietary
  • Cholesterol, HDL
  • Cholesterol, LDL
  • Fatty Acids
  • Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated
  • Fatty Acids, Omega-3
  • Phytosterols
  • Triglycerides