| Increasingly larger numbers of people confronted | | | | The medical study conducted by the Canadian |
| with abnormal blood cholesterol levels eventually | | | | research team involved the participation of 13 |
| require treatments with statins or other similar | | | | volunteers, male and females, with ages between 43 |
| cholesterol-lowering pharmaceutical drugs. While such | | | | and 84. The subjects were divided in two separate |
| medications are considered to be effective in | | | | groups: the first study group received statin drugs, |
| preventing and reducing high blood cholesterol levels, | | | | while the second group followed the vegetarian diet. |
| they don't produce dramatic results, generating less | | | | In order to maximize the accuracy and relevancy of |
| satisfactory effects in certain categories of people. In | | | | the study, the group that followed the vegetarian |
| addition, most cholesterol-lowering drugs are known | | | | regimen had to respect certain eating patterns |
| to cause serious side-effects, rendering long-term | | | | imposed by the researchers, receiving their meals in |
| treatments with such medications very unsafe. | | | | equal quantities and at the same time. Similarly, the |
| Statins work by interfering directly with the activity | | | | group that received statins had to take their |
| of cholesterol-producing body enzymes and | | | | medications in equal doses and at the same time |
| hormones, preventing the overproduction of | | | | intervals. By the end of the experiment, all subjects in |
| cholesterol inside the organism. By altering the activity | | | | both groups experienced a decrease of their bad |
| of enzymes and body hormones, such medications | | | | cholesterol levels by around 30 percent. Impressed |
| can lead to a wide range of undesirable effects, | | | | by the efficiency of the special vegetarian diet, the |
| ranging from mild to very serious. | | | | researchers have made their obtained results public, |
| The good news is that cholesterol-lowering | | | | revealing the ingredients of the "special natural recipe" |
| pharmaceutical drugs can be successfully replaced by | | | | for lowering cholesterol. |
| vegetarian regimens. After accumulating and analyzing | | | | The cholesterol-lowering vegetarian regimen includes |
| a vast amount of data regarding blood cholesterol | | | | lots of fresh fruits, nuts, leafy legumes and seeds. |
| and its risk factors, a team of Canadian medical | | | | The efficiency of the diet lies in natural ingredients |
| researchers and nutritionists has come up with a very | | | | such as plant sterols, substances contained by leafy |
| effective natural cure for high cholesterol: a special | | | | vegetables and vegetal oils, soy proteins and soluble |
| vegetarian diet. Although it may seem surprising, the | | | | fibers. Some of the cholesterol-lowering foods used |
| food regimen established by the Canadian medical | | | | over the course of the study were: soy milk, cereals, |
| scientists has proved to be a very powerful and not | | | | oatmeal bread, vegetal margarine, jam, tofu, leafy |
| to mention safe alternative to common | | | | non-starchy vegetables and fruits. Although such a |
| cholesterol-lowering drugs. Combining the curative | | | | vegetarian diet may become quite boring after a |
| effects of various natural ingredients, the vegetarian | | | | while, it has a pronounced positive effect on one's |
| diet established by the Canadian research team | | | | overall health and it greatly contributes to the |
| produces effects that are equal to those of statins | | | | elimination of excess cholesterol. Considering the fact |
| and other similar medications. A recent study has | | | | that this special vegetarian diet is healthy, cheap and |
| revealed the fact that the special vegetarian diet can | | | | effective in overcoming cholesterol problems, |
| reduce bad cholesterol by up to 30 percent, beating | | | | nutritionists recommend it as the best natural |
| most cholesterol-lowering pharmaceutical drugs and | | | | alternative to cholesterol-lowering pharmaceutical |
| matching the results produced by statins. | | | | drugs. |