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Diet that Lowers Cholesterol as Good as Medication
Posted by Elvin Adams on
Diet is an important part of healthful living. There are foods that hurt your health and foods that improve your health. What you choose to eat is just as important as what you chose NOT to eat. This is particularly true for foods that help control your cholesterol levels.
Saturated fats in the diet are harmful to your health as they raise bad cholesterol (LDL-C) levels. Saturated fats are found in red meat, butter and other dairy products such as cheese, sour cream, whole milk, 2% milk, yogurt, and ice cream.
A study on the effects of diet on cholesterol was study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. In this study, a group of 350 Canadians were randomly divided into three groups and prescribed special diets.
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Legumes in the Diet May Lower Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Posted by Fred Hardinge on
Choosing a diet that includes dry beans could lower risk of heart attacks.
The consumption of dry mature beans was found to lower the risk of a first nonfatal heart attack by 38% in a Costa Rican study. Participants who consumed less than one 1/3 cup cup serving of cooked beans per day did not realize any reduction in risk, and consuming more than one serving per day was not associated with any further reduction of risk, even after confounding factors were considered.
PositiveTip: Simple things like eating one serving of beans per day have the potential to yield big benefits.
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Beans : The More You Eat, the Less You Risk!
Posted by Fred Hardinge on
Did you know that eating more cooked dry beans can lower your risk of colon cancer?
The Polyp Prevention Trial (PPT) compared people eating the most cooked dry beans (legumes) to people eating the least. Those eating the most beans showed 65% lower recurrence of colon adenomas (tumors).
Each person in the PPT had to have had at least one adenomatous polyp removed during a colonoscopy to be eligible for the study. The average follow-up time was three years. Those in the highest consumption group ate 3.7 times more beans than those in the lowest group.
PositiveTip: Try to include at least 3-4 servings of cooked dry legumes in your weekly diet. Discover new ways to include more of these protective foods in your diet.