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Fat and fatty acid terminology, methods of analysis and fat digestion and metabolism: a background review paper by Ratnayake, W M Nimal, Galli, Claudio

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Increasing Dietary alpha-linolenic acid enhances tissue levels of long-chain n-3 PUFA when linoleic acid intake is low in hamsters by Aziz, Alfred A, Cruz-Hernandez, Cristina, Plouffe, Louise J, Casey, Valerie, Xiao, Chaowu, Nimal Ratnayake, W M

“…We tested whether feeding hamsters diets varying in alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) content and low in linoleic acid (LA) could increase the tissue levels of…”
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Antioxidant Supplements Improve Profiles of Hepatic Oxysterols and Plasma Lipids in Butter-fed Hamsters by Poirier, Johanne, Cockell, Kevin A., Ratnayake, W.M. Nimal, Scoggan, Kylie A., Hidiroglou, Nick, Gagnon, Claude, Rocheleau, Hélène, Gruber, Heidi, Griffin, Philip, Madère, René, Trick, Keith, Kubow, Stan

“…Johanne Poirier1, Kevin A. Cockell1,2,3, W.M. Nimal Ratnayake2, Kylie A. Scoggan2,3, Nick Hidiroglou2, Claude Gagnon2, Hélène Rocheleau2, Heidi Gruber2, Philip…”
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Lower serum magnesium concentration is associated with diabetes, insulin resistance, and obesity in South Asian and white Canadian women but not men by Bertinato, Jesse, Xiao, Chao Wu, Ratnayake, W. M. Nimal, Fernandez, Lois, Lavergne, Christopher, Wood, Carla, Swist, Eleonora

“…A large proportion of adults in North America are not meeting recommended intakes for magnesium (Mg). Women and people of South Asian race may be at higher…”
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Trans Fatty Acids: Current Contents in Canadian Foods and Estimated Intake Levels for the Canadian Population by Ratnayake, W.M. Nimal, L'Abbe, Mary R, Farnworth, Sara, Dumais, Lydia, Gagnon, Claude, Lampi, Brian, Casey, Valerie, Mohottalage, Dayani, Rondeau, Isabelle, Underhill, Lynne, Vigneault, Michele, Lillycrop, William, Meleta, Mary, Wong, Lynn Y, Ng, Tran, Gao,Yu

“…Research conducted in the mid-1990s indicated that the levels of trans fats in Canadian diets were among the highest in the world. The consumption of trans…”
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Increased incorporation of dietary plant sterols and cholesterol correlates with decreased expression of hepatic and intestinal Abcg5 and Abcg8 in diabetic BB rats by Scoggan, Kylie A., Gruber, Heidi, Chen, Qixuan, Plouffe, Louise J., Lefebvre, Jaclyn M., Wang, Bingtuan, Bertinato, Jesse, L'Abbé, Mary R., Hayward, Stephen, Ratnayake, W.M. Nimal

“…The aim of this study was to determine the impact of dietary plant sterols and stanols on sterol incorporation and sterol-regulatory gene expression in…”
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Trans and Saturated Fat on Food Labels in Canada: Fact or Fiction? by Pantazopoulos, Peter, Kwong, Keri, Lillycrop, William, Wong, Lynn, Gao, Yu, Chalouh, Shirley, Samadhin, Mark, Ratnayake, W.M. Nimal, Krenosky, Sara, Dumais, Lydia, L'Abbe, Mary R.

“…Objective: Food labels are the number one source for nutrition information for Canadians, but are food labels accurate? This study aims to provide an…”
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Trans fats: update on health effects, methodology, and levels in processed foods by Gilani, G Sarwar, Ratnayake, W M Nimal

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The influence of dietary vitamin E, fat, and methionine on blood cholesterol profile, homocysteine levels, and oxidizability of low density lipoprotein in the gerbil by Hidiroglou, Nick, Gilani, G. Sarwar, Long, Lori, Zhao, Xin, Madere, Rene, Cockell, Kevin, Belonge, Bart, Ratnayake, W.M. Nimal, Peace, Robert

“…A 90-day feeding study with gerbils was conducted to evaluate the influence of dietary vitamin E levels (25 mg/kg diet, 75 mg/kg, 300 mg/kg, and 900 mg/kg),…”
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Nutritional and Health Effects of Dietary Fats by ., W.M. Nimal Ratnayake, ., G. Sarwar Gilani

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Limited effects of combined dietary copper deficiency/iron overload on oxidative stress parameters in rat liver and plasma by Cockell, Kevin A., Wotherspoon, Andrew T.L., Belonje, Bartholomeus, Fritz, Melissa E., Madère, René, Hidiroglou, Nick, Plouffe, Louise J., Ratnayake, W.M. Nimal, Kubow, Stan

“…Copper (Cu) deficiency decreases the activity of Cu-dependent antioxidant enzymes such as Cu,zinc-superoxide dismutase (Cu,Zn-SOD) and may be associated with…”
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Antioxidant Supplements Improve Profiles of Hepatic Oxysterols and Plasma Lipids in Butter-fed Hamsters by Johanne Poirier, Kevin A. Cockell, W.M. Nimal Ratnayake, Kylie A. Scoggan, Nick Hidiroglou, Claude Gagnon, Hélène Rocheleau, Heidi Gruber, Philip Griffin, René Madère, Keith Trick, Stan Kubow

“…Hypercholesterolemia diets are associated with oxidative stress that may contribute to hypercholesterolemia by adversely affecting enzymatically-generated…”
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Effects of amino acid supplementation of dietary proteins on serum cholesterol and fatty acids in rats by Sarwar, Ghulam, Nimal Ratnayake, W.M

“…A 120 d feeding study with adult rats was conducted to investigate the effects of amino acid supplementation of casein and gelatin (based on differences in the…”
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Impact of Dietary Fat on Th1/Th2 Cytokine Gene Expression in the Pancreas and Gut of Diabetes-prone BB Rats by Kleemann, Rainer, Scott, Fraser W, Wörz-Pagenstert, Ute, Nimal Ratnayake, W.M, Kolb, Hubert

“…The effect of dietary n-3 or n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids on the development of autoimmune insulitis was analysed in diabetes-prone BB rats. Litter-matched…”
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