Pistachios a Heart-Healthy Snack

Eating Fabulous recommends eating pistachios for a heart-healthy snack. A Penn State study showed that eating pistachios significantly lowers LDL (bad) cholesterol levels and reduces the risk of heart disease. Pistachios also reduce the body’s stress response and therefore decrease the risk of hypertension.

This entry was posted on Saturday, May 19th, 2007 at 6:54 pm and is filed under Cholesterol, Heart disease, Nuts, Stress. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

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2 Responses to “Pistachios a Heart-Healthy Snack”

Dena Says:
January 18th, 2008 at 1:55 am
Oooh, nice to know.
Too bad they are such “diet busters”.
The problem with pistachios and most other nuts is that it’s hard to stop at just a few…
Roslinda Says:
July 22nd, 2008 at 3:04 pm
I just know the benefit healthy of pistachios, I love nuts, thanks for this article