Over 40 years, the study found that the risk and rates of heart attack and stroke was related to the level
of total serum cholesterol.
Several other studies have reported that probiotic - containing yogurts significantly
reduce total serum cholesterol and LDL cholesterol and improve the LDL: HDL cholesterol ratio (35, 36, 37).
Researchers found nearly half of the dogs with cancer — 29 of the 64 — had elevated levels
of total serum cholesterol, a dramatically higher rate than occurred in either control population; just three of the 30 dogs with broken bones, and only two of the 31 healthy animals, showed high cholesterol.
When researchers tested blood lipids of 805 Yi Chinese, they found that buckwheat intake was associated with
lower total serum cholesterol, lower low - density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL, the form linked to cardiovascular disease), and a high ratio of HDL (health - promoting cholesterol) to total cholesterol.
Both tamoxifen and soya protein reduce levels of
total serum cholesterol and the undesirable LDL cholesterol, which is closely linked to the risk of a heart attack.
They found that not only did the subjects lose weight (mean loss of 15.4 kg) but
their total serum cholesterol decreased from 162 to 121 mg / dL.
The optimal range of
total serum cholesterol is between 180 and 200 mg / dL.
According the Journal of Medicinal Food, researchers from Kyoto, Japan chlorella intake resulted in noticeable reductions in body fat, fasting blood glucose levels, and
total serum cholesterol.