Reduce the total fat intake to 35% of food energy with saturated fats making up no more than 11%. Increase the polyunsaturated to saturated ratio from the present 0.27 to about 0.45. The intake of polyunsaturated acids presently at 5% of food energy should reach 7%, which is less than the American and World Health Organization’s suggestion of 10%.
The UK panel claims that the effects on the population of a P/S ratio of 1.0 and beyond are unknown. Individuals who are considered to have a high risk of developing coronary heart disease are advised to cut fats to 30% of food energy, with saturated fats contributing no more than 10%, i.e., identical to the recommendation in the United States. Thus there is consensus on both sides of the Atlantic.
A Mediterranean style diet that contains an abundance of linolenic acids is strongly recommended by the author; see the chapter Diets and Heart Disease. The reduction in dietary saturated fat intake as well as the cessation of smoking by many individuals has pro¬vided a decline in the incidence of coronary heart disease mortality.

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