Monounsaturated fats reduce metabolic syndrome risk

Saturday, March 30, 2013 - 13:30 in Health & Medicine

Canola oil and high-oleic canola oils can lower abdominal fat when used in place of other selected oil blends, according to a new study. Researchers also found that consuming certain vegetable oils may be a simple way of reducing the risk of metabolic syndrome, which affects about one in three US adults and one in five Canadian adults.

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