Eating Nuts May Help Lower Cholesterol
By Sandra Cooper • Jul 7th, 2010 • Category: Cholesterol, Diet, True Health News
A new study published in the American Medical Association’s Archives of Internal Medicine has found that eating nuts can help improve health.
Researchers at Loma Linda University analyzed data from 25 trials conducted in seven countries, involving 583 men and women between the ages of 19 and 86 with high or normal cholesterol levels.
They found that individuals who ate an average of 2.4 ounces of nuts a day saw a 5.1 percent fall in total cholesterol concentration and a 7.4 percent drop in low-density lipoprotein (LDL), or "bad," cholesterol compared to those who didn’t eat nuts.
People with high triglyceride levels who ate nuts saw a 10.2 percent fall in those blood lipid levels, compared to non-nut eaters.
While the same benefits were seen no matter which type of nuts were consumed, individuals who were not overweight or obese and those who followed a typical Western diet saw more health benefits from eating them.
In addition, researchers say that eating nuts also appeared to reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
"Increasing the consumption of nuts as part of an otherwise prudent diet can be expected to favorably affect blood lipid levels and have the potential to lower coronary heart disease risk," the study concluded.
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