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Rats were fed with the diet of various fats for two months and the effect on their serum cholesterol was studied.
When the ratio of oleic acid to linoleic acid in diet was 1: 1, and if the saturated acid was about one third of the total fat, the serum cholestelol was not increased.
When the ratio was 2: 1 or 4: 1, and if the saturated acid was respectively less than one fourth and one fifth, the serum cholesterol was not increased. When the rats' depot fat composed with corn oil and soybean oil with the ratio of. 1: 1 was fed, the increase of serum cholesterol was not observed.
When the rats' depot fat composed with olive oil, coconut oil, and fat free diet with the oleic acidlinoleic acid ratio of 4: 1 was fed, the increase of serum cholesterol was observed.
