Polyunsaturated fats help the heart

Substituting polyunsaturated fats for the saturated variety may help reduce coronary artery disease, according to a meta-analysis of studies involving more than 340,000 people on two continents. Their findings, pooled from 11 American and European studies involving mature adults of both sexes, were published in the May issue of The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The researchers' advice was unequivocal: "To prevent coronary heart disease, saturated fatty acids should be reduced and replaced with polyunsaturated fatty acids among all middle-aged and older women and men." - Medpage Today