Researchers at the University of To...

Researchers at the University of Toronto newly found that a vegetarian diet may be as effective as statin medicines at lowering cholesterol. While the thought followed only 46 adults for a period of 4 weeks, the springs were promising. Participants were divided into three form into groupss The first group are a low-fat diet based forward whole wheat cereals and low-fat dairy harvests The second group are the same diet, if it be not that added lovastatin, a cholesterol-lowering unsalable article The third group ate a "Portfolio" diet high in plant sterol soy protein, viscous fibers and almonds.

through the whole extent of the 4-week period, participants in the low-fat cluster showed an average decrease in low-density lipoprotein (LDL) or "bad" cholesterol of 8 percent Participants upon the low-fat/statin plan showed an LDL decrease of 309 percent And the participants forward the Portfolio diet showed a decrease of 286 percent

Researchers noted that while that was a large difference in the cholesterol on a levels between participants on the low-fat plan and those in the other brace groups, there was no significant difference between those in the statin cluster and those on the Portfolio diet.

According to the study's leader David Jenkins, MD "This research showed that when we combined these heart-healthy aliments into one eating plan, the validity was equal to that of the starting dose of statins and yielded better results than previous dietary recommendations for cholesterol reduction."

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