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Eat a Handful of Pistachio Nuts to Lower Your Cholesterol


According to a recent Pennsylvania State University study, adults maintaining a 1,800 calorie diet who added one serving of pistachios (1/4 cup) reduced LDL cholesterol by 9%. Those eating ½ cup achieved a 12% reduction in LDL cholesterol. So, next time you want to grab a quick snack, make it heart healthy. Grab a handful of pistachios instead of the bag of potato chips. Or, use crushed pistachios to a bit a crunch to your salad or as a topping on your fish.

Source: Sarah K Gebauer, Sheila G West, Colin D Kay, Petar Alaupovic, Deborah Bagshaw and Penny M Kris-Etherton. Effects of pistachios on cardiovascular disease risk factors and potential mechanisms of action: a dose-response study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 88, No. 3, 651-659, September 2008.

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Toniahale's picture

according to many studies

according to many studies done at different centre, it has being found that pistacho nuts lower the cholestrol level.

ltownsend's picture

Wow! Thanks for sharing your

Wow! Thanks for sharing your story, brate. It's amazing that you had a wake up call and survived to tell it. I wish you the best on your road to healthy living.
brate's picture

Actually, health and

Actually, health and medications are very closely related to each other. We need to be aware of the consequences of the heart problems that we generally face. I am 54 year old. I gained lot of weight in past 10 years, and I got a distinguishable tummy. I was already having diabetes, but was bit careless as I was mostly concentrating in my business. This carelessness cost me heavily in future. As I was gaining the weight, at the same time, I was unable to balance my cholesterol level. It used to fluctuate heavily. But because of my carelessness, I wasn’t attentive to my health issues, as they were creating hindrance to my work. But at some extreme points, one day I felt some hard beatings on my heart. Suddenly, my heart used to pump vigorously. And there was no point happening that as I was not doing any stressful or physical work. I was really frightened with the amount of beats it was pumping. It would have been almost double and that also quite hard. I felt dizzy, and suddenly caught a severe headache. And especially, I was having a great amount of pain on my left wrist. I was really helpless at that time. There were no people around, no phone, no one to be called. The only thing that I was able to do was to try to be calm and wait for any help. Somehow, I managed to survive that day. But from that day I was really conscious about the health. That moment was like an alarming signal for something very deadly to happen. I immediately consulted a physician in Los Angeles, where I was staying because of some business work. They suggested me to have some basic cardio test like ECG, etc. I got those test at Elite Health medical office in Los Angeles. It came to me as a shock that I need to have my advance test, as the cardiologist doubted to have a blockage in one of the ventricle. Then they took my advance tests like stress test, Echo cardiogram and MRI. The result was that I was having a 60% blockage in one of the left ventricle, and was in the danger of having heart attack. I was astonished to hear that. Then I got the medications and operations after 3 months. Then I got enrolled in one of the wellness program from same elite health where they used to monitor my health issues round the clock. You can find some more info from www.elitehealth.com/executive_corporate_programs.php. Right now I am quite healthy, taking a lot amount of care regarding the diabetes and heart issues. My weight is also under my control now with the help of reality diet program where the doctors of elite health discuss my current health status and recommend steps for improving my health and dietary habits.

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