Originally published September 19 2005
Fruits, vegetables and soy can lower cholesterol
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Scientists at Stanford University say that high cholesterol could be drastically improved by changing the diets to include more fruits, vegetables and soy protein.
If you have high cholesterol, three foods might help bring it down, according to a new study.
Your LDL is the kind of fat that blocks your arteries and raises your risk of having a heart attack.
When it comes to bringing it down, a new study shows that diet does matter.
Scientists at Stanford University tested two different diets on 120 men and women ages 30 to 65.
The diets had the same amount of fat, protein, carbohydrate and cholesterol.
The difference was where that protein came from.
When the protein came from plant-based sources such as vegetables and soy, the diet had twice the cholesterol lowering benefits, as when the protein came from meat.
After just four weeks on these two different diets, those eating according to the meat-based plan dropped bad cholesterol levels in the blood nearly five percent.
Those who were on the diet with more plant foods dropped it nearly 10 percent.
The reasoning goes like this, those whose cholesterol dropped nearly ten percent ate foods that have water soluble fiber that actually can help to lower the cholesterol the natural way.
When it comes to plant foods and lowering cholesterol, natural medicine expert Kimberly Renner said "Think three --fruits, vegetables and soy."
And she said, "'Think whole: for example, a whole tomato instead of tomato juice."
(If you take the peel or the seeds away, the fiber is reduced.)
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