Amazing Health Benefits Of Artichokes

Benefits Cholesterol

Research has shown consuming whole artichokes and artichoke extract benefits cholesterol. A large study of more than seven hundred subjects who were followed over a period of five to thirteen weeks found the daily use of an artichoke leaf extract reduced both total cholesterol and levels of low-density lipoprotein (bad) cholesterol. A German study of 143 patients with high cholesterol demonstrated artichoke extract was significantly more effective than a placebo in achieving cholesterol reduction. In fact, the study showed the daily consumption of artichoke leaf extract for a period of six weeks was associated with a 22.9 percent reduction of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and an 18.5 percent decrease in total cholesterol. An animal study of artichoke benefits found artichoke extract reduced triglycerides by twenty-two percent, and the same study also reported the extract was linked to a thirty percent reduction in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.

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