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- By Sandeep Grover | July 21, 2020
Dietary factors are one of the major environmental components that are considered as risk factor for cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Specifically, fatty acids in our diet are known to increase HDL-cholesterol and lower triglycerides (TG). In addition, fatty acids have also...
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