Changes in blood cholesterol after absorption of a single massive dose of various dietary fats
Charbonnier, A.; Nepveux, P.; Fluteau, G.
Medecine and Chirurgie Digestives 7(2): 161-162
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0047-6412 PMID: 661412 Document Number: 138639
Serum cholesterol was estimated while fasting and for up to 4 h after ingestion of olive oil, rapeseed oil or medium-chain triglycerides (MCT), all as gelatinized micropellets, or fresh cream, each at 50 g, by groups of 20 subjects, also in 32 fasting controls. Compared with initial fasting values, olive oil and MCT gave an early rise in cholesterol of about 4%, the increase at 1 h being significant only for olive oil. Tendency was for a late increase after cream and decline after rapeseed oil. Test subjects compared with controls showed no significant variation in cholesterol values. The spontaneous increase in fasting subjects at normal breakfast time cancelled out the increases previously noted for olive oil and MCT.