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Complementary & Alternative Medicine
Immunoglobulin protein isolate may lower LDL cholesterol, study shows
May 5th, 2005
ImmunoLin, an immunoglobulin protein isolate, developed by Proliant Health Ingredients, reduced cholesterol in a new study published the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2005;81(4);792). The 6-week study, conducted by the Dallas, TX-based Cooper Institute, found that men and women with moderately high cholesterol--210 to 270 total count--had a 6% drop in total cholesterol after just 3 weeks. More important, LDL cholesterol, the "bad" cholesterol most closely associated with heart disease, decreased by 7% while HDL, the "good" cholesterol, remained constant. Inspiration for the study came when researchers at the company observed that 2...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-05-05)
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