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Almond Board of California
Study of almond board's eating plan suggests heart healthy foods can lower cholesterol
April 8th, 2006
According to researchers at the University of Toronto, eating a certain combination of heart healthy foods, including almonds, oatmeal, lean meats and fish, can help reduce LDL (bad) cholesterol levels as much as a first-line statin drug. A study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (AJCN) builds off previous controlled clinical studies and was designed to answer the question of what happens when people follow the Portfolio Eating Plan, developed by the Almond Board of California, in a real world setting for 1 year. Previous vegetarian-based studies had shown that this way of eating, called the Portfolio Eating Plan, could lower cholesterol...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2006-04-08)
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