As if you weren't convinced already!
More evidence that all low fat diets are not created equal and that it is best to eat your fruits and vegetables!
Veggie, low-fat diet lowers cholesterol more-study - Yahoo! News: "A low-fat diet rich in vegetables, fruits, whole grains and beans has twice the cholesterol-lowering power"
Christopher Gardner of Stanford University was lead author:
"Of the volunteers, 61 ate a conventional low-fat diet, which included frozen waffles, turkey bologna sandwiches, frozen pizza and similar foods. The other 59 ate a plant-based diet including whole-grain cereals, dark lettuces, bean burritos and vegetable soups....Both diets contained identical amounts of total and saturated fat, protein, carbohydrate and cholesterol. Calories were carefully controlled to keep each volunteers' weight constant....The plant-based diet lowered LDL by more than twice as much, by 9.4 percent, the researchers reported."
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