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Vegetarian diet 'cuts
heart risk'
 By
Dr. Narinder Saini M.D.
There is hope for a drug-free treatment for some
people with high cholesterol. Researchers in Canada
have developed a vegetarian combination diet which
they say cuts cholesterol by almost a third in just
one month. Eating more vegetables and soya based
products may be as effective at reducing cholesterol
as medication. The diet includes vegetables, such
as broccoli and red peppers; soy milk and soy sausages;
oat bran cereal and bread; and fruit and nuts.
Professor David Jenkins and colleagues at the University
of Toronto drew up a seven-day food plan using foods
that are commonly available in supermarkets and
health stores. They put 13 people on the combination
diet for a month. A typical day on the diet included:
A breakfast of soy milk, oat bran cereal with chopped
fruit and almonds, oatmeal bread, vegetable-based
margarine and jam; A lunch of soy cold cuts, oat
bran bread, bean soup and fruit; and A stir-fry
dinner with vegetables, tofu, fruit and almonds.
They found that their cholesterol levels had dropped
by 29% by the end of the period, the findings suggested
the combination diet may be as effective as statins.
"The take home message right now is that there
is hope for a drug-free treatment for some people
with high cholesterol”
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