| I am sure you wouldn't believe this if it wasn't coming | | | | same amount of saturated fat and cholesterol, but |
| out of a great University like Penn State, but it is | | | | different amounts of unsaturated fat delivered by |
| true. To the surprise of the researchers, the low-fat | | | | the pistachios. |
| diet had no effect on LDL cholesterol levels. | | | | Results showed that the participants LDL cholesterol |
| Most "Health" Organizations and Associations tout the | | | | levels fell when they ate pistachios. LDL cholesterol |
| benefits of a low fat, high carbohydrate diets. But, as | | | | fell by 9% during the month that participants ate one |
| we have seen in other research that the healthiest | | | | serving of the nuts, and 12% in the month in which |
| diet of all is a high fat low carb eating plan, that | | | | they ate two daily servings. The drop in cholesterol |
| actually boosts testosterone, growth hormone, and | | | | levels was not enough to put participants LDL |
| other "Life Hormones". | | | | cholesterol into the optimal range, but it was enough |
| The participants spent the first two weeks of the | | | | to get them out of the borderline-high category. |
| study eating the typical American diet. Following this, | | | | This is just more research that proves that the |
| they spent a month eating a low-fat, pistachio-free | | | | low-fat, high-carb diets are actually less beneficial to |
| diet. The next month, they followed a healthy diet | | | | your heart health than a high-fat, low-carb diet. |
| that included one daily serving of pistachio nuts. And | | | | Remember stick to whole natural foods, getting |
| in the last month of the study they continued their | | | | plenty of protein and fat from animal sources, |
| healthy diet habits, but this time ate two daily | | | | avoiding processed carbohydrates that spike insulin, |
| servings of pistachios. All of the diets provided the | | | | and increase the rate you get and feel old. |