Lower cholesterol

A small portion of nuts, eaten daily, helps to significantly reduce the level of cholesterol in the blood. Researchers from Loma Linda University in California found that a daily portion 67 grams of nuts reduces total cholesterol by 5, 1% after several weeks of "reception". The so-called sterols, found in nuts, do not allow cholesterol to accumulate in the body.


In addition, people who eat nuts daily, registered a 7, a 4% drop in low-density lipoprotein (LDL-C), which is sometimes called "bad" cholesterol.




And people with high triglycerides who ate nuts, the observed decrease of the indicator 10, 2%.




This is the conclusion of experts from the international expert group. The study took place in seven countries took part 583 persons aged 19 to 86 years with a high or normal cholesterol levels in the blood.




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