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| Chávez-Jáuregui,Rosa Nilda; Santos,Raul Dias; Macedo,Alessandra; Chacra,Ana Paula Marte; Martinez,Tania Leme; Arêas,José Alfredo Gomes. |
| We evaluated the effects of defatted amaranth (Amaranthus caudatus L.) snacks on plasma lipids in moderate hypercholesterolemic patients. Twenty-two subjects [30-65 years old), 11 males, with total cholesterol (TC) > 240 mg.dL-1, low-density cholesterol (LDL-c) 160-190 mg.dL-1 and plasma triglycerides (TG) < 400 mg.dL-1] were randomized in a double blind clinical trial to receive an amaranth snack (50 g/day) or equivalent corn snack (placebo) for 2 months. There were no differences between amaranth and placebo on TC and LDL-c, and TG respectively: -8.4 and -5.7% (p = 0.17); -12.3 and -9.7% (p = 0.41) and -0.6 and -7.3% (p = 0.47). However, amaranth snacks significantly reduced high-density cholesterol (HDL-c): -15.2 vs. -4% (p = 0.03). In... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Cholesterol; Amaranth; Functional food; HDL-c; Dislipidemia. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612010000400026 |
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