The Benefits of Kale and Cabbage for Cholesterol
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 09/05/2018

Dinosaur kale and red cabbage are put to the test.
Kale is a best-of-all-worlds food, low in calories and packed to the hilt with nutrition—vitamins, minerals, anti-inflammatory compounds, antioxidant phytonutrients—you name it. One study had people eat a bag of frozen kale and cabbage a day for just two weeks and got “significant reductions” of total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, and even blood sugar levels. And, the antioxidant capacity of their blood went up.

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