Can monounsaturated fat help weight loss?
A recent study was designed to assess whether an increase in monounsaturated fat intake could aid weight loss. It was a randomised crossover study involving eight overweight or obese men who followed the new diets for four weeks. Half of the subjects consumed a diet high in monounsaturated fats and the other half consumed diets high in saturated fat and the results were compared. These results showed that substituting saturated for monounsaturated fat can induce a small but significant loss of body weight and fat mass without a significant change in total energy or fat intake.
