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| Probiotic twice a day zaps 'bad' cholesterol, could prevent heart disease
(NaturalNews) For decades, natural health and nutrition advocates have
advised paying attention to our internal environment for optimum health -
specifically, to make sure the "good" bacteria in our gastrointestinal
tract was plentiful by eating yogurt and other fermented foods and/or
taking probiotic supplements. Once considered fringe, "health nut"
advice, scientists have recently documented multiple ways probiotics can
benefit health. Now, at the American Heart Association's
Scientific Sessions 2012 currently underway in Los Angeles, researchers
have announced taking a probiotic supplement might help prevent heart
disease.
According to Mitchell L. Jones, M.D., Ph.D., lead author of the study and a research assistant in the faculty of medicine at McGill University in
Montreal, taking twice daily doses of a probiotic lowered key
cholesterol-bearing molecules in the blood, caused "bad" cholesterol
level (the kind that clogs arteries) to plunge and made the total
cholesterol count healthier.
This is a particularly important
study for mainstream medicine to be aware of because of two reasons.
First, it involved a double blind study in humans. And second, it shows
that a natural substance can do something Big Pharma's side
effect-ridden statins can't do -- lower "bad" cholesterol without
potential harm.
In earlier studies, a strain of live probiotic
microorganisms (Lactobacillus reuteri) had shown promise in lowering
blood levels of LDL or "bad" cholesterol. For the new study, the
investigators looked to see if the same probiotic
could lower LDL and reduce molecules of cholesterol attached to fatty
acids known as cholesterol esters. A combination of elevated cholesterol
esters plus high LDL has been tied to dangerous plaque buildup in the
arteries, resulting in a heightened risk of heart disease.
The
study involved 127 adult research subjects who all had high
cholesterol. About half the patients took the probiotic two times a day,
while the rest were given placebo capsules. After just nine weeks,
those taking the probiotic had LDL levels 11.6 percent lower than those
on placebos. In addition, cholesterol
esters were reduced by 6.3 percent and cholesterol ester saturated
fatty acids fell by almost nine percent, compared with the placebo
group.
The people taking the probiotic had no side effects and,
as the researchers noted, the probiotic strain L. reuteri has a long
history of safe use.
As Natural News previously reported, other breakthrough research published in the journal Nature
strongly indicates an imbalance of "good" versus "bad" bacteria in the
intestinal tract appears to trigger Type II diabetes --and probiotics
may help prevent or treat that condition, too. In addition, scientists
have also discovered that probiotics can increase the body's immune
response to the flu virus and may be an effective treatment for
inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn's and ulcerative colitis.
Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/037884_probiotics_bad_cholesterol_heart_disease.html#ixzz2BiilTAn2
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