MUFA
Also try: Flat Belly Diet | Mediterranean Diet
The Mahalo Top 7
- Journal of the American College of Nutrition: A MUFA-Rich Diet Improves Posprandial Glucose... (2007)
- ABC News: The Flat-Belly Diet (Time 5:45)
- MayoClinic.com: Dietary Fats: Know Which Types to Choose
- Prevention: Video: What's A MUFA? (Time 0:43)
- Diabetes Care: MUFA-rich diet prevents central body fat distribution and decreases... (March 23, 2007)
- United States Department of Agriculture: Inside The Pyramid - Why is it important to consume oils?
- MSN Health & Fitness: Meet the 5 Flat Belly Foods
MUFA News
- Google News: MUFA
- Gay Wired: Flat Belly Diet Frenzy Again After Rachel Ray Plug (February 19, 2008)
- ABC News: Learn How to Flatten Your Belly (January 2, 2008)
- The diet's core principle revolves around the idea of "a MUFA at every meal." MUFA is a term that stands for monounsaturated fatty acid, so-called "good fats" thought to reduce LDL cholesterol and boost HDL, reducing the risk of heart disease and providing other beneficial effects to the body.
MUFA Facts
- Wikipedia: Monounsaturated Fat
- Health Castle: Fats 101: How to tell Good Fats and Bad Fats
- Cardiovascular Consultants of Maine: Types of Fats
MUFA Sources
- MayoClinic.com: Exchange List: Fats
- Prevention: Meet the 5 Flat Belly Foods
- ScienceDaily: Olive Oil: Which Type Is Best? (August 14, 2007)
MUFA Recipes and Diets
- Official Site: Flat Belly Diet
- Prevention: Flat Belly Diet!
- Wikipedia: Mediterranean Diet
- MayoClinic.com: Mediterranean Diet for Heart Health
MUFA Benefits
- Diabetes Care: Effect of a High-Protein, High-Monounsaturated Fat Weight Loss Diet on Glycemic... (2002)
- Neurology: High monounsaturated fatty acids intake protects against age-related cognitive decline (1999)
- Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism: Replacing Saturated Fat with PUFA-Rich (Sunflower Oil) or MUFA... (1999)
- New England Journal of Medicine: Comparison of a high-carbohydrate diet with a high... (September 29, 1988)
MUFA Drawbacks
- ScienceDaily: Increased Breast Cancer Risk Associated With Greater Fat Intake (March 22, 2007)
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: Compared with saturated fatty acids... (October 23, 2001)
- Circulation: Monounsaturated Fatty Acids and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease (1999)
MUFA Controversy
- ScienceDaily: Scientists Have Mice Eating High Fat Diet Without Heart Risk (May 8, 2007)
- ScienceDaily: Eating Fatty Foods Without Gaining Weight? May Work For 13% Of Population (April 10, 2007)
- Annals of Oncology: Oleic acid, the main monounsaturated fatty acid of olive oil... (January 10, 2005)
MUFA Blogs and Forums
- FitSugar: Let's Get the FATS Straight
- Sun-Sentinel Blogs: It's all about the MUFAs
- Simple Weight: Flat Belly Diet for weight loss, eat MUFA
- HubPages: "Flat Belly Diet" Review - Are MUFA Meals Magic?
