Vegetables May Reduce Hardening of Arteries
- From: "GysdeJongh" <jongh711@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 23:53:21 +0200
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New research suggests one reason vegetables may be so good for us - a study
in mice found that a mixture of five common vegetables reduced hardening of
the arteries by 38 percent compared to animals eating a non-vegetable diet.
Conducted by Wake Forest University School of Medicine, the research is
reported in the current issue of the Journal of Nutrition.
Half of the mice in the study were fed a vegetable-free diet and half got 30
percent of their calories from a mixture of freeze-dried broccoli, green
beans, corn, peas and carrots. These five vegetables are among the top-10
vegetables in the United States based on frequency of consumption.
After 16 weeks, the researchers measured two forms of cholesterol to
estimate the extent of atherosclerosis. In mice that were fed the vegetable
diet, researchers found that plaques in the vessel were 38 percent smaller
than those in the mice fed vegetable-free diets. There were also modest
improvements in body weight and cholesterol levels in the blood.
A 37 percent reduction in a certain marker of inflammation in mice suggests
that vegetable consumption may inhibit inflammatory activity.
It is well known that atherosclerosis progression is intimately linked with
inflammation in the arteries .Icreased vegetable consumption inhibits
atherosclerosis progression through antioxidant and anti-inflammatory
pathways.
hth
Gys
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