Lipid metabolism and arteriosclerotic heart disease in Israelis of Bedouin, Yemenite and European origin

Plasma Lipids on a Moderately Low‐fat, High‐carbohydrate Diet, Rich in Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids

“…Most of the studies have been carried out over a short period of time and have not considered the possibility of habituation. Subjects subsisting on a highcarbohydrate diet under poor socioeconomic conditions do not develop hypertriglyceridemia (3, 10,18,19,37). This may be due to a low-calory intake or to habituation.…”

Evidence Mandating Earlier and More Aggressive Treatment of Hypercholesterolemia

“…For those who migrated even further, on to California, the differences were even more striking. 20,21 This and other migration studies 22 showed that the differences in CHD risk among different populations are certainly not entirely genetic. Which environmental factors are at play?…”

Prevalence of Ischemic Heart Disease Among Elderly Yemenites and Europeans, Residents of Homes for the Aged in Israel

“…Several studies have indicated that during the first period after their arrival in Israel the Yemenites consumed a low-calorie, low-fat diet, had lower levels of serum cholesterol and of other lipids, and had less IHD than the Yemenites who had lived longer in Israel, or than the Europeans (5)(6)(7). Yemenite agricultural workers had lower levels of serum cholesterol than European agricultural workers of the same age, or others who were doing even more strenuous work (8).…”