A diet rich in fruits, vegetables and nuts may reduce cholesterol levels and consequently lower the risk of heart disease as effectively as state-of-the-art drug therapy, results of a recent study by researchers at the University of Toronto reveal.
The researchers investigated the effects of three diets on 10 healthy individuals. Each person followed a vegetarian diet rich in fruits, vegetables and nuts containing 100 grams of fiber; a diet of mostly cereals and legumes, containing 40 grams of fiber; and a low-fat diet that contained 25 grams of fiber, for 2 weeks. After just 1 week, individuals on the high-fiber diet lowered total cholesterol by about 20% and reduced LDL ("bad") cholesterol by about 30%.
Other diets tested led to more modest reductions in cholesterol, possibly because they contained fewer nuts than the high-fiber diet, according to researchers. The tested diet contained an average of 67 grams of nuts daily.
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