Published by Lisa July 4th, 2008
in Green Eating & Living and MyDocHub.
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A New research published in the British Journal of Nutrition, indicates that blueberries may have a cardio-protective effect, by significantly lowering cholesterol.
Wilhelmina Kalt, Ph.D, from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, who conducted tests on pigs fed with a blueberry-supplemented diet, shows that blueberry-supplemented diets resulted in a reduction in total cholesterol including both LDL and HDL levels.
The greatest reduction in total, LDL and HDL cholesterol levels was found in pigs fed a 2% blueberry diet equivalent to approximately 2 one-cup servings of blueberries in the human diet.
Dr. Kalt, said: “In feeding trials, we found that blueberry supplementation reduced plasma cholesterol levels more effectively when the animals received a mostly plant-based diet than when they received a less heart-healthy diet. The soy, oats and barley contained in these diets may have functioned synergistically with the blueberries to beneficially affect plasma lipids.”
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