Rind Of Citrus Reduce The Cholesterol

Investigators of the Department of Agriculture of the United States and KGK Synergize, a pharmaceutical company of Canada, have discovered that the rind of the citruses contains a substance able to reduce the bad cholesterol (LDL) of way more effective than no of present medicines.

It is possible that the rind of a mandarin, an orange or grapefruit can little be tempting, but studies suggest could be very good for the health. Scientists of the United States fattened hamsters with a diet based on high cholesterol levels, soon to give them compound found in the shells of the orange and the grapefruit.

Like result, the levels of cholesterol LDL, associated to diseases of the heart, were reduced significantly. According to of finishes publishing the magazine "Agricultural Journal and Food Chemistry", the rind of the citruses acts on the bad cholesterol of much more effective way that the present medicines and does not have no of the indirect effect that cause such, such as hepaticas diseases and muscular weakness.

The compounds of the rinds of citruses are known like flavones polimetoxilatados (PMF) and are similar to other beneficial vegetal pigments that they protect against the cancer, cardiac diseases and inflammations.

The PMF are in abundance in the orange peels and mandarin, as well as in the juice of those fruits. Despite we would have to take 20 glasses from juice to the day so that therapeutic effects take place, reason why the consumption of PMF supplements would be the best form to reduce the cholesterol.

The flavonoides exist in a variety of fruits and vegetables, as well as in the tea and the red wine. A study pilot suggests human them can have the same benefit of these compounds, that the one that obtained hamsters.

For this reason, the scientists are finding out if the PMFs combined with a type of vitamin and, can reduce the cholesterol levels. The female leader of these studies, Elzbieta Kurowska, of Canadian company KGK Synergize, said that the juice of the citruses only contains a small amount of the PMFs, because these compounds are not soluble in water.

On the other hand, the rinds have 20 times more PMFs. In addition, these compounds more are concentrated in the shells of the citruses and are easy to absorb that the body absorbs them. In the study, a hamster was fed with PMFs more common in the citruses: tangeritin and nobiletin. A diet with a 1% of PMFs was sufficient to reduce in a 40% the cholesterol of the animals.

Autor: Hidrocodone Para Dolores.

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