Dietary Lipids and Human Health

Dear Colleagues,

We invite you to contribute to a Special Issue of Nutrients, entitled “Dietary Lipids and Health”.

Dietary fats include a number of molecules containing lipids, such as fatty acids, cholesterol, fat-soluble vitamins and other type of lipidic compounds. Dietary fats should contribute to 20–35% of the energy in a balanced diet in order to cover a number of functions, such as energy and structural requirements, fat-soluble vitamin needs, maintenance of homeostasis for the inflammatory and blood clotting responses and cholesterol metabolism among others, thus influencing the body composition and its appropriate development. The cardiovascular, nervous, immunological, skin, bones and blood clotting system, among other organs and systems are influenced by the presence of different types of dietary lipids.

However, it is well know that not only the amount of dietary fats is important, the quality of these nutrients may also influence health or, on the contrary, may contribute to disease, specially to non-communicable chronic diseases. In addition, it is important to take into account the interaction of dietary lipids with other different types of nutrients into the food matrix, what may influence the final effects on heath.

This Special Issue of Nutrients welcomes the submission of manuscripts describing either original research or reviews of the scientific literature related to the influence of dietary lipids on health. Manuscripts can focus on the effect of dietary lipids (fatty acids, cholesterol, fat-soluble vitamins) on clinical or experimental studies.

Sincerely,

Dr. Maria D. Mesa
Guest Editor

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