Atherosclerosis dangerous disease, in particular because that significantly increases the risk of infarctions and stroke. Treatment of atherosclerosis produced by different methods. A recent study by Israeli scientists and American scientists has shown that a very effective and simple method of prevention and treatment of this disease is diet.
The study was conducted in the University. Ben Gurion University of the Negev, together American Heart Association, and scientists from the Medical Center Beer-Szewska "Magpie". It lasted for two years, and attended by one hundred and forty adult volunteers, among whom were mostly men, so that the influence of gender on the results of the study is still unknown.
In the study participants initially had a high risk of atherosclerosis. The researchers compared the effects of three diets on volunteers, among whom was a Mediterranean diet and a diet low in carbohydrates and a diet low in fat. As it turned out to different people these diets had a different impact, but in general, against atherosclerosis, they proved quite effective.
Weight loss and resorption "of atherosclerotic plaques were observed in the first year 95% of study participants, and in the second year - at 85%. In general, the study was noted about 5% of the regression of plaques in carotid arteries of volunteers. At the same time if you do not take the diet, the rest of the study participants took their your lifestyle.
And in addition to reducing the risk of atherosclerosis, diet for twenty-four months led to significant weight loss study participants to reduce systolic blood pressure, improve levels of homocysteine and an increase in the number of apolipoprotein A1, which is a major component of "good" cholesterol, is needed in the human body .
Based on materials from the Medical Center Soroka
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