Lowering Cholesterol Levels By Eating Chocolate
The results of a study by the University of Illinois have found an effective way to lower cholesterol : eating chocolate bars "Eating two dark chocolate bars a day not only lowers cholesterol, but unexpectedly also reduced systolic blood pressure." John Erdman said, professor of nutrition and food science at the University of Illinois. Erdman attributes the drop in cholesterol levels (2% in total cholesterol and 5.3% in LDL or "bad" cholesterol) to plant sterols added to the bar and fall in blood pressure to the flavanols containing black chocolate. by some people think that the study could have been altered, because it has been partly funded by Mars, maker of CocoaVia bars used in the study.
However, he notes that this is a double blind trial with no intention of reaching any concrete results and has been reviewed by other scientists and published in this month's Journal of Nutrition, one of the best of science biológicas.Para the crossover, placebo-controlled, double-blind 49 people with slightly high cholesterol and normal blood pressure were enrolled. Elected started the diet known as "Eating Plan for Healthy Americans",the American Heart Association ( AHA ), two weeks before the start of the study, and then were divided into two groups and gave each group a different type of CocoaVia bar, one with and one without plant sterols them. without leave the AHA diet, participants took a stick CocoaVia twice daily for four weeks and then switched to another bar for another four weeks. During the eight weeks of the study track blood cholesterol levels was performed, blood pressure, weight and other cardiovascular actions of the participants. "After starting the diet of the AHA, many began to lose weight, so we had to urge to eat more. We are not interested in a weight change, since it also lowers cholesterol" Ellen Evans said, a professor of kinesiology and community health at the University of Illinois and co-author study. threestart using sticks, we observed a marked differential effect cholesterol levels in blood, running better product with added sterols which have not.
