Aronia berry polyphenol consumption reduces plasma total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in former smokers without lowering biomarkers of inflammation and oxidative stress: a randomized controlled trial.
- 2017-01
- RCT · n = 25
- Nutrition research (New York, N.Y.) 37
- Liyang Xie
- Terrence Vance
- Bohkyung Kim
- Sang Gil Lee
- Christian Caceres
- Ying Wang
- Patrice A Hubert
- Ji-Young Lee
- Ock K Chun
- Bradley W Bolling
- PubMed: 28215316
- DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2016.12.007
- High evidence
- Adults
Aronia consumption reduced fasting plasma total cholesterol by 8% (P = .0140), LDL-C by 11% (P = .0285)
- Effect
- Beneficial
- Effect size
- Small
- Significant
- Yes
- Dose
- 500 mg/day