Cholesterol

One or two handfuls of the nuts can make a big enough difference to lower the risk of heart disease, say scientists.

Volunteers who ate three ounces of pistachios a day for one month lowered their total blood Crucially, levels of "bad" The balance between LDL and "good" Participants on the pistachio diet had less LDL relative to HDL after four weeks.

HDL is protective rather than harmful and lower ratios between the two kinds of The volunteers were given pistachios as a daily snack and also had them incorporated into other foods such as muffins and pesto sauce.

Researcher Sarah Gebauer, from Pennsylvan...

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