Healthy Veggie Broccoli, the Natural Anti Hyperlipidemic Activity

By Kyle J. Norton

High blood cholesterol is the most common cause of hyperlipidemia. According to statistics provided by the CDC, more than 12% of adults age 20 and older are living with high blood cholesterol with a total cholesterol higher than 240 mg/dL. and more than 18% had high-density lipoprotein (HDL, or “good”) cholesterol levels less than 40 mg/dL.

In other words, hyperlipidemia has a high prevalent ratio that affects over 100 million American and the condition is increasing at an alarming rate due to overweight and obesity.

Hyperlipidemia is a medical condition of abnormally high levels of cholesterol and fat in the bloodstream.

The condition is normally known as high blood cholesterol in the general population.

Cholesterol is a waxy substance produced by the liver. In a moderate amount, it helps to improve the gastrointestinal tract in food digestion, builds strong cell membranes, produces vitamin D and steroid hormones.

Cholesterol can either be produced by the liver or consumed form the food sources. There are 2 types of cholesterol
*The high-density lipoprotein is also known as "good" cholesterol processes a function to return cholesterol to the liver.

* The low-density lipoprotein is also known as "bad" cholesterol processed a function aforementioned health benefits in a moderate amount.

In a healthy individual, the bad cholesterol is returned to the liver.

People with hyperlipidemia are asymptomatic. Over time, the fat collection in the arteries accompanied by calcium or other substances form plague, leading to narrowing arteries and reduced function of the arteries to transport oxygen-rich blood to the parts of the body.

Broccoli is a mustard/cabbage plant, belongings to the family Brassicaceae. The vegetable has large flower heads, usually green in color and the mass of flower heads is surrounded by leaves and evolved from a wild cabbage plant on the continent of Europe.

On finding a potential plant that processes anti-anti-hyperlipidemia, researchers examined the serum LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C)-lowering effects of two types of canned beverages containing mixed green vegetables and fruits, with or without broccoli and cabbage (B&C).

The randomized double-blind study design included 77 adult subjects with mild to moderate hypercholesterolemia (Forty-nine out of 77 subjects, whose LDL-C levels were greater than or equal to 140 mg/dl and less than 180 mg/dl) were randomly divided into groups either by a placebo sample made from the same materials but without B&C. The subjects were administered 2 cans of 160 g contents/can) per day for 12 weeks. 

According to the results of the experiment,

* Serum LDL-C levels in the test group were significantly reduced at 3, 6 and 9 weeks after administration in comparison to the baseline levels (155.7 mg/dl on average).

* The average LDL-C value at 9 weeks was 142.5 mg/dl and the reduction rate was 8.5% compared to serum LDL-C levels in the control group that was not significantly reduced.

* Significant differences(p < 0.05) between the groups were observed in the LDL-C levels at 6 and 9 weeks and also in the total cholesterol levels at 9 weeks.

Collectively, researchers said, " intake of the beverage tested containing B&C is useful for lowering serum LDL-C levels in hypercholesterolemic subjects".

Taken altogether, broccoli used combination with cabbage may be considered a functional food for the prevention and treatment of hyperlipidemia, pending to the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.


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Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All right reserved)
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
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Sources
(1) [LDL-cholesterol-lowering effect of a mixed green vegetable and fruit beverage containing broccoli and cabbage in hypercholesterolemic subjects].[Article in Japanese] by Takai M1, Suido H, Tanaka T, Kotani M, Fujita A, Takeuchi A, Makino T, Sumikawa K, Origasa H, Tsuji K, Nakashima M. (PubMed)