Cholesterol

Evidence-graded topics and articles tagged Cholesterol.

Topics

• Broccoli Sprouts and Sulforaphane — Small, early trials suggest broccoli sprouts may modestly lower blood sugar and ease some hay fever symptoms.
• Carnivore Diet — Small, uncontrolled studies suggest some people lose weight and improve their blood sugar on an all-meat, plant-free diet, at least in the short term.
• Flaxseed — Pooled trials find ground flaxseed modestly lowers blood pressure and LDL, total cholesterol and triglycerides, with the clearest results at around 30 g a day…
• Milk Thistle — Milk thistle may lower liver enzymes in fatty liver disease in pooled trials, but larger trials have not shown clear protection of the liver or a lower risk of…
• Nuts — Nuts lower LDL cholesterol a little in trials and, in trials lasting more than three weeks, do not appear to cause weight gain.
• Psyllium Husk — Psyllium husk is a viscous soluble fiber that reliably softens stools to relieve constipation and modestly lowers LDL cholesterol.
• Red Meat — Lean, unprocessed red meat can fit inside a Mediterranean-style eating pattern: in a feeding trial, more lean beef or pork did not worsen most cardiometabolic…
• Red Yeast Rice — Red yeast rice lowers LDL ('bad') cholesterol in trials, by roughly 20 to 40 mg/dL, because it naturally contains monacolin K — the same compound as the prescr…
• Seed Oils — Seed oils such as canola, soybean, sunflower and corn are high in omega-6 linoleic acid.