In a new study just presented of 160 women between the ages of 45-65, researchers found that eating apples lowered cholesterol. In the study, the women ate about 2/3 a cup of dried apples a day.The women who ate apples saw their low-density lipoprotein cholesterol – the “bad” kind known as LDL – drop by 23% after six months. These women also saw their levels of C-reactive protein (a measure of potentially dangerous inflammation). Though the dried apples added 240 calories to their daily diet, these women wound up losing weight – 3.3 pounds, on average.
Though the study used dried apples for convenience, the lead researcher says fresh are likely to be even better. And it doesn’t matter if they’re green, red, or golden. “Any varieties of apples are good,” he says.
The bottom line is that adding an apple or two a day as a snack may be a natural way of lowering cholesterol and inflammation in women.
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