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Article: Vegetarian diet, health studied
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- Daily Breeze
- Article date:
- July 23, 2003
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CHOLESTEROL:
Report suggests strict adherence could lower levels without need
for statin drugs.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO _ A low-fat vegetarian diet including soy, eggplant and
almonds can reduce cholesterol levels about as much as widely used
statin drugs, a small, one-month study suggests.
If the findings hold up in a longer study, they could have broad
implications for the millions of people with high cholesterol.
Statin drugs are effective but costlier than adopting a strict
vegetarian diet. Some patients cannot tolerate them, while others may
prefer a non-drug approach.
The study was funded in part by the Canadian government and the
Almond Board of California and was published in ...