[Music] I've talked previously about the anti-diabetic and anti-obesity effects of various phytochemicals in beans but there are protective effects on the cardiovascular system as well plant specific compounds can have a remarkable impact on the Health Care System May provide Therapeutic Health benefits including the prevention and or treatment of diseases and disorders antioxidant effect anti-inflammatory liver protective blood cholesterol lowering blood pressure lowering as well as prevention of Aging diabetes osis DNA damage heart disease and other disorders those without legums in their daily diet for example may be at quadruple the odds of suffering high blood pressure
legums such as chickpeas have been used to treat high blood pressure in diabetes for thousands of years here's what they can do to a cholesterol levels researchers took people on a diet high enough in fat to rival the cholesterol levels in the western world around 206 swapped in chickpeas for the migraines that they were eating and in 5 months their cholesterol dropped about 20% to 160 almost down to the Target which is around 150 a reduction of more than 15% in most of the subs and its sustained action during long-term Administration not only indicated a
definite benefit but show that chickpeas are superior to many cholesterol lowering substances in a randomized crossover trial adding two servies a day of lentils chickpeas beans or split peas cut cholesterol levels so much that many participants move below the range of which statin drugs are typically prescribed but I want to go back to this study because they really buried the lead the participants were started out on a low fat diet really low fat and so their cholesterol started out at 123 well within the safety zone only after packing their diet with saturated fat were they
able to boost their CH cholesterol up to you know typical American levels which could then be ameliorated by adding chickpeas to their lousy new diet but it'd be better if they just stayed healthy in the first place or even better healthy and hummus a healthy diet with lots of legumes [Music]
