Reducing fats matters more in males

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Hi All,

Reducing fats matters more in males, it seems, from the not pdf-available paper

below.

Curr Atheroscler Rep. 2005 Nov;7(6):472-9.

Gender differences in lipoprotein metabolism and dietary response: basis in

hormonal

differences and implications for cardiovascular disease.

Knopp RH, Paramsothy P, Retzlaff BM, Fish B, Walden C, Dowdy A, Tsunehara C,

Aikawa

K, Cheung MC.

The transport of fat in the blood stream is approximately twice as fast in women

as

men. Disease states such as obesity and diabetes are associated with greater

lipoprotein abnormalities in women compared with men. A greater increment in

cardiovascular disease risk in women is linked to these abnormalities. A greater

change in triglyceride level and a lesser change in low-density lipoprotein are

observed in women than men with high-carbohydrate or high-fat feeding. Most

consistent are greater changes in high-density lipoprotein (HDL), HDL(2), and

apolipoprotein A-I levels in women compared with men with high-carbohydrate or

high-fat feeding. Dietary fat restriction in women appears to have a less

beneficial

lipoprotein effect than in men. Dietary fat restriction for heart disease

prevention

may be less ideal in women than in men.

PMID: 16256006

Al Pater, PhD; email: old542000@...

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