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Researchers at the University of Toronto recently found that a vegetarian diet may be as effective as statin drugs at lowering cholesterol. While the study followed only 46 adults for a period of 4 weeks, the results were promising. Participants were divided into three groups. The first group are a low-fat diet based on whole wheat cereals and low-fat dairy products. The second group are the same diet, but added lovastatin, a cholesterol-lowering drug. The third group ate a "Portfolio" diet high in plant sterols, soy protein, viscous fibers and almonds.
Over the 4-week period, participants in the low-fat group showed an average decrease in low-density lipoprotein (LDL), or "bad" cholesterol, of 8 percent. Participants on the low-fat/statin plan showed an LDL ...