So with 3 bananas a day and watermelon juice do we have a prevention diet? Ask your doctor.
Watermelon juice reverses hardening of the arteries
Watermelon juice reverses atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries. It has a positive effect after just eight weeks, say researchers.University of Kentucky researchers tested the juice on a group of mice, and another group was given water. After the eight-week trial period, the mice given the watermelon juice had less fat mass, which lowered their body weight, their cholesterol levels were lower, and there were statistically significant reductions in lesions, or damage, to the arteries.(Source: University of Kentucky).
The research showed that lab mice with diet-induced high cholesterol fed watermelon juice versus those fed with water showed a decrease in fat mass, plaque formation and cholesterol level. They also had fewer atherosclerosic lesions in which an artery wall thickens because of fatty materials such as cholesterol.
Consumption of Watermelon Juice Increases Plasma Concentrations of Lycopene and ß-Carotene in Humans
http://jn.nutrition.org/content/133/4/1043.short
If I had mice I would definitely not let them have diet induced high cholesterol in the first place so I wouldn't need to give them watermelon juice. Too bad I am already hooked on high fat foods.
ReplyDeleteI will use this as an excuse to spend the big bucks on watermelon fruit in the winter. grin.
Watermelon is on my list of foods I never eat. I's a texture issue - As it ages, it gets granular. Maybe juice would make it more palatable.
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