The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics

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Vitamin A Nutritional Status of Hyperlipidemics


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1 Department of Food Service Management and Dietetics, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Deemed University, Coimbatore -641 043, India
     

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Hyperlipidemia is identified to be one of the major risk factors in the development of coronary heart disease and is characterized by elevation of any one of the non-HDL cholesterol levels or decrease in the HDL-cholesterol level, β-carotene (precursor of Vitamin A) on account of its antioxidant property is found to play a role in maintenance of lipid profile.
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S. Karthiga
Department of Food Service Management and Dietetics, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Deemed University, Coimbatore -641 043, India
P. Parvathi Easwaran
Department of Food Service Management and Dietetics, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Deemed University, Coimbatore -641 043, India

Abstract


Hyperlipidemia is identified to be one of the major risk factors in the development of coronary heart disease and is characterized by elevation of any one of the non-HDL cholesterol levels or decrease in the HDL-cholesterol level, β-carotene (precursor of Vitamin A) on account of its antioxidant property is found to play a role in maintenance of lipid profile.