Monounsaturated fat is good for you

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Hi All,

A new small prospective epidemiology (1) just found that

monounsaturated fat is good for you. " After a median follow-up of 8.5

years ... in one of the eight centers of the Italian Longitudinal

Study on Aging (ILSA) ... Higher MUFA intake was associated with an

increase of survival (hazard ratio 0.81, 95% CI 0.66-0.99), a higher

unsaturated fatty acids (UFA) to SFA ratio (hazard ratio 1.20, 95% CI

0.99-1.45) increased total mortality only marginally

[nonsignificantlyy in fact], while no effect about other selected

food groups were found " .

1.Vincenzo Solfrizzi, Alessia D'Introno, M. Colacicco, Cristiano

Capurso, Palasciano, Capurso, Francesco ,

Capurso and Francesco Panza

Unsaturated fatty acids intake and all-causes mortality: a 8.5-year

follow-up of the Italian longitudinal study on aging

Experimental Gerontology

Article in Press, Uncorrected Proof

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2005.01.003