Dietary Almonds Increase Serum HDL Cholesterol in Coronary Artery Disease Patients in a Randomized Controlled Trial [Nutrition and Disease]

Conclusion: A low dose of almonds (10 g/d) consumed before breakfast can increase HDL cholesterol, in addition to improving other markers of abnormal lipid metabolism in CAD patients with low initial HDL cholesterol. This trial was registered at the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trial Registry as ACTRN12614000036617.

Source: Journal of Nutrition - October 1, 2015 Category: Nutrition Authors: Jamshed, H., Sultan, F. A. T., Iqbal, R., Gilani, A. H. Tags: Nutrition and Disease Source Type: research