• Peter J H Jones, Vijitha K Senanayake, Shuaihua Pu, David J A Jenkins, Philip W Connelly, Benoît Lamarche, Patrick Couture, Amélie Charest, Lisa Baril-Gravel, Sheila G West, Xiaoran Liu, Jennifer A Fleming, Cindy E McCrea, and Penny M Kris-Etherton.
• From the Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada (PJHJ, VKS, and SP); the Risk Factor Modification Centre (DJAJ) and the Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science (PWC), St. Michaels Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; the Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods, Laval University, Québec City, Canada (BL, PC, AC, and LB-G); the Department of Nutritional Sciences (SGW, XL, JAF, and PMK-E) and the Department of Biobehavioral Health (SGW and CEM), Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.
• Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 2014 Jul 1; 100 (1): 88-97.

BackgroundIt is well recognized that amounts of trans and saturated fats should be minimized in Western diets; however, considerable debate remains regarding optimal amounts of dietary n-9, n-6, and n-3 fatty acids.ObjectiveThe objective was to examine the effects of varying n-9, n-6, and longer-chain n-3 fatty acid composition on markers of coronary heart disease (CHD) risk.DesignA randomized, double-blind, 5-period, crossover design was used. Each 4-wk treatment period was separated by 4-wk washout intervals. Volunteers with abdominal obesity consumed each of 5 identical weight-maintaining, fixed-composition diets with one of the following treatment oils (60 g/3000 kcal) in beverages: 1) conventional canola oil (Canola; n-9 rich), 2) high-oleic acid canola oil with docosahexaenoic acid (CanolaDHA; n-9 and n-3 rich), 3) a blend of corn and safflower oil (25:75) (CornSaff; n-6 rich), 4) a blend of flax and safflower oils (60:40) (FlaxSaff; n-6 and short-chain n-3 rich), or 5) high-oleic acid canola oil (CanolaOleic; highest in n-9).ResultsOne hundred thirty individuals completed the trial. At endpoint, total cholesterol (TC) was lowest after the FlaxSaff phase (P < 0.05 compared with Canola and CanolaDHA) and highest after the CanolaDHA phase (P < 0.05 compared with CornSaff, FlaxSaff, and CanolaOleic). Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol were highest, and triglycerides were lowest, after CanolaDHA (P < 0.05 compared with the other diets). All diets decreased TC and LDL cholesterol from baseline to treatment endpoint (P < 0.05). CanolaDHA was the only diet that increased HDL cholesterol from baseline (3.5 ± 1.8%; P < 0.05) and produced the greatest reduction in triglycerides (-20.7 ± 3.8%; P < 0.001) and in systolic blood pressure (-3.3 ± 0.8%; P < 0.001) compared with the other diets (P < 0.05). Percentage reductions in Framingham 10-y CHD risk scores (FRS) from baseline were greatest after CanolaDHA (-19.0 ± 3.1%; P < 0.001) than after other treatments (P < 0.05).ConclusionConsumption of CanolaDHA, a novel DHA-rich canola oil, improves HDL cholesterol, triglycerides, and blood pressure, thereby reducing FRS compared with other oils varying in unsaturated fatty acid composition. This trial was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov as NCT01351012.© 2014 American Society for Nutrition.

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