Kick Cholesterol In The Nuts
According to the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M) online newsletter, snacking on pistachio nuts may help lower levels of “bad” LDL cholesterol.
Penn State University researchers studied the effects of three cholesterol-lowering diets, one without pistachios and two with varied levels of pistachios, on 28 adults with borderline-high LDL cholesterol levels.
For two weeks the participants ate the typical American diet and they then spent a month eating a low-fat, pistachio-free diet.
For another month they followed a healthy diet that included a daily serving of pistachio nuts and for the last month ate a healthy diet, including two daily servings of pistachios.
All diets provided the same amount of saturated fat and cholesterol, but different amounts of unsaturated fat delivered by the pistachios.
LDL cholesterol fell by 9% during the month participants ate one serving of the nuts, and 12% in the month in which they ate two daily servings.
The drop in cholesterol levels was not enough to put participants’ LDL cholesterol into the optimal range, but it was enough to get them out of the borderline-high category. To the surprise of the researchers, the low-fat diet had no effect on LDL cholesterol levels.
buy lipitor cholesterol lowering free prescription pills
FedEx overnight shipping free prescription online pharmacy