Eating more plant sterols, soy, fiber-rich foods, and nuts can lower your 'bad' cholesterol by about 13% in six months — and sticking to the diet matters more than how much coaching you get.
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The study tested a healthy diet with plant foods, nuts, and fibers and found it lowered bad cholesterol by about 13% in six months, no matter how much coaching people got — what mattered most was sticking to the diet.
The study tested a healthy diet with plant foods, nuts, and fibers and found it lowered bad cholesterol by about 13% in six months, no matter how much coaching people got — what mattered most was sticking to the diet.
Portfolio Dietary Pattern and Cardiovascular Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Controlled Trials.
The study tested a healthy diet with nuts, plant proteins, fiber, and plant sterols and found it lowered bad cholesterol by about 17%, which supports the idea that this kind of diet works.
The study tested a diet with plant foods, nuts, and fibers that are said to lower bad cholesterol, and it found they worked well—lowering LDL by 29%, which is even more than the 13% claimed.
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