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To protect your heart, follow a low-fat diet.

Answers: 1.

False.

Sunflower oil, which has a light canolalike taste, is better.

A recent Pennsylvania State University study of 31 men and women found that consuming sunflower oil for a month lowered their LDL levels by 6 percent; olive oil didn't have any effect on the subjects' LDL cholesterol.

2.

False.

Although low-carb diets work, they're no easier to stick to: Dieters still tend to regain lost weight after a year.

For long-term loss, experts recommend eating a balanced diet with high-fiber carbohydrates and lean protein.

3.

True.

Flaxseed is high in alpha-linolenic acid (ALA); a growing body of research suggests that a high intake of ALAs may boost the risk of advanced 4.

False.

A recent study found that dieters who ate a generous 33 percent of calories from fat cut their heart disease risk by 14 percent.

Another group who followed a miserly 18 percent-of-calories-from-fat diet shed about the same amount of weight but experienced only a 9 percent drop in heart risk.

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