Eating beans helps lower cholesterol

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Eating beans helps lower cholesterol

 

Consuming as little as one-half cup of cooked dry beans every day helped

volunteers lower their total cholesterol levels in an Agricultural

Research Service (ARS) study in North Dakota. These results, published

in the November issue of the Journal of Nutrition by the ARS scientists

and their colleagues, add to a growing--and convincing--body of evidence

that beans are a heart healthy food choice.

 

While the findings confirm earlier studies by other researchers showing

that eating beans lowers cholesterol levels, the mechanisms that

underlie the effect require further study.

 

For  more information, contact Rosalie Marion Bliss, ARS News

Service Agricultural Research Service, USDA Tel: +1 301 504 4318 e-mail:

rosalie.bliss  http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr