Introduction
Dietary fats, T2D, death, CVD, CAD, type 2 diabetes
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, CVD, CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT, TYPE 2 DIABETES, CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE, CAD
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the most prevalent morbidity and the main cause of mortality in subjects with type 2 diabetes (T2D). It has been estimated that CVD may develop in about 32% of all subjects with T2D with coronary artery disease (CAD) and cerebrovascular accident (CVA) as the main causes of death [Dietary fats, as one of the main dietary components, may affect most, if not all, cardiometabolic risk factors including body weight [Healthy plant oils may contain phytochemicals, naturally occurring bioactive compounds carrying various health benefits including antidiabetic effects [This study was undertaken to examine the effects of daily consumption of ORZ-fortified canola oil, as compared with plain canola and sunflower oils, on certain cardiometabolic biomarkers. We chose canola oil as a vehicle for ORZ fortification because: (i) oils as staple foods in Iran are suitable for fortification purposes [As most liquid cooking oils available in the Iranian market are voluntarily fortified with vitamins A and D, all oils used in this study contained equal amounts of these two vitamins. Nevertheless, we refer to the canola oil without ORZ as “unfortified” throughout this article just for convenience.