|
Vegetarian
Diet Helps Lower Cholesterol
(Miami Beach, FL, Yahoo Health AP, 3/7/03)
Cyrill Kendall of the University of Toronto and team,
created the "Portfolio Diet" by selecting plant foods, like
soy and eggplant, that have been specifically shown to reduce
cholesterol. This vegetarian diet included 3 daily doses of
Metamucil to boost fiber intake plus soy with every meal. They
assigned each of 25 volunteers to either a standard low-fat
diet or their Portfolio regimen and, in one month, LDL (bad)
cholesterol levels dropped by 35% for the Portfolio group, but
only 12% for those eating the standard low-fat fare.
click here for Cardiovascular News
Overview |
Article Summary