Extended essay: To what extent does a plant-based diet lower the risk of coronary artery disease?
average, are advised to keep their saturated fat intake under 175 calories.
26Paul Appleby, ‘’The Oxford Vegetarian Study’’, the American journal of clinical nutrition, http://
ajcn.nutrition.org/content/70/3/525s.full, 01.10.2016
27 Paul Appleby, ‘’The Oxford Vegetarian Study’’, the American journal of clinical nutrition, http://
ajcn.nutrition.org/content/70/3/525s.full, 01.10.2016
28’’Know Your Fats’’, American Heart Association, http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/
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Fats_UCM_305628_Article.jsp#.WBE2uTvnj8s, 21.10.2016
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As I had gathered data on saturated fat intake from the Oxford Vegetarian study [Table
4], I then calculated the lower, higher and medium ranges of saturated fat intake,
calorically, for both women and men of different dietary groups. I used the estimates of