A recent study of the properties of water-melon, conducted by American scientists has shown. It contained a substance can reduce the risk of atherosclerosis
University of Kentucky researchers conducted an experiment on mice in which the animals were put on a special diet with high cholesterol, reports Med daily.Ru. The mice were divided into two groups: the first was given to drink watermelon juice, and the second - plain water.
After eight weeks, spent weighing. It was found that mice drank the juice of watermelon weighed less than those who drank the water, by reducing fat mass. At the same muscle mass, they have not decreased, and plasma concentration of cholesterol was significantly lower. The survey also vessels of rodents showed that atherosclerosis lesions, they also were much lower than in the control group.
Atherosclerosis - a chronic disease characterized by compaction and loss of elasticity of the arteries, followed by circulatory disturbance of bodies.
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