Lipid concentrations are inversely related to eating frequency

The finding in a free living population of a measurable independent relation between eating frequency and lipid concentrations shows that we need to consider not only what we eat but how often we eat. In men and women in the EPIC-Norfolk cohort, concentrations of total cholesterol and low density lipoprotein cholesterol were inversely related to eating frequency despite higher intakes of energy and nutrients in people eating more frequently. Titan et al (p 1286) found that this association remained after adjustment for these and other possible confounding factors, including obesity, alcohol intake, cigarette smoking, and physical activity.

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Frequency of eating and concentrations of serum cholesterol in the Norfolk population of the European prospective investigation into cancer (EPIC-Norfolk): cross sectional study

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