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Beans, Veggies Aid in Cholesterol Reduction
If you?ve been trying to lower your cholesterol with a low-fat diet, here?s some news that may help: eating lots of vegetables, fruit, beans and whole grains seems to work better than consuming the same number of low-fat calories from other foods. To compare the effects of different diets on LDL (?bad?) cholesterol, researchers at Stanford University?s Prevention Research Center recruited 120 adults for a four-week study. Half the group went on a diet of plant-based foods, while the other half ate commercially prepared foods including reduced-fat cheeses, frozen dinners, lunch meat and fat-free cookies. Both diets were calibrated to contain identical amounts of total fat, saturated fat, protein, carbohydrate and cholesterol. The volunteers didn?t change their exercise habits. At the end of the study, the researchers found a 9.4 percent decrease in LDL cholesterol among the volunteers on the plant-based diet compared with only a 4.6 percent decline for those who ate the commercially prepared foods. The study was published in the May 3, 2005 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Source: Annals of Internal Medicine, May 3, 2005
If you?ve been trying to lower your cholesterol with a low-fat diet, here?s some news that may help: eating lots of vegetables, fruit, beans and whole grains seems to work better than consuming the same number of low-fat calories from other foods. To compare the effects of different diets on LDL (?bad?) cholesterol, researchers at Stanford University?s Prevention Research Center recruited 120 adults for a four-week study. Half the group went on a diet of plant-based foods, while the other half ate commercially prepared foods including reduced-fat cheeses, frozen dinners, lunch meat and fat-free cookies. Both diets were calibrated to contain identical amounts of total fat, saturated fat, protein, carbohydrate and cholesterol. The volunteers didn?t change their exercise habits. At the end of the study, the researchers found a 9.4 percent decrease in LDL cholesterol among the volunteers on the plant-based diet compared with only a 4.6 percent decline for those who ate the commercially prepared foods. The study was published in the May 3, 2005 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Source: Annals of Internal Medicine, May 3, 2005
