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Improve your cholesterol levels with Red Grape Juice 

You could reduce your cholestrol simply by drinking a daily glass of red grape juice.

Researchers in Spain have shown that red grape juice can improve cholesterol levels. The concentrated juice worked both with healthy paople and those at higher risk of cardiovascular problems.

“We show for the first time that red grape juice supplementation improves the lipoprotein profile by decreasing plasma concentrations of LDL and increasing those of HDL and greatly reduces the plasma concentrations of oxidised LDL and MCP-1, an inflammatory biomarker,” wrote the researchers in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (Vol. 84, pp. 252-262).

After two weeks of drinking 100ml of concentrated grape juice every day, the subjects had reductions in LDL-cholesterol levels, oxidised LDL levels, and total cholesterol levels. Levels of HDL-cholesterol increased for all the subjects.

It is believed to be the polyphenols in red grape juice that are responsible for the beneficial effects of red grape juice.

These research results back up previous studies that have shown red wine consumption, polyphenol-rich green tea or pine bark extracts to have a beneficial effect on cholesterol levels. 

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