Table 1.

Nutritional Characteristics of Experimental Diets in the Mouse

	Standard Diet	Western Diet	High-SFA Diet	High-UFA Diet
Proteins	25.0	15.2	15.6	15.6
Total fat	17.0	42.0	43.2	43.2
SFAs (% of total fatty acids)	14	65	65	15
UFAs (% of total fatty acids)	86	35	35	85
Total carbohydrates	58	42.7	41.2	41.2
Sugars	0	30	0	0
Cholesterol (% of weight)	0	0.2	0.2	0.2
Energy density (kcal/g)	3.1	4.5	4.4	4.4

SFA = saturated fatty acid; UFA = unsaturated fatty acid.

Values are % of total calories.