Douglas Snyder
How Does a Reduction in Animal Products
Beneficially Affect Cholesterol?
SchoolOrrville High School • Orrville, Ohio
ProgramMedical Laboratory Internship
MentorMichelle Murray, PA-C
Department
Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic Wooster Family
Health Center
mRI™: myRESEARCH illuminated
- Research
- How Does a Reduction in Animal Products Beneficially Affect Cholesterol?
- Hypothesis
- The purpose of this research study was to evaluate the effects of a plant-based diet on cholesterol. It was hypothesized that patients on the plant-based diet would experience an overall reduction in their lipid levels.
- Methodology
- The research participants were asked to keep a food diary of their eating habits. After four weeks, the patients’ food diaries were collected. The diaries were then compared to the American diet which was used as a baseline. The food diaries were then ranked on a scale of one to ten of how many animal products were in the diet, with ten being the diet having the least amount of animal products.
- Outcomes
- Greater intake of animal products had a tendency to lead to elevated levels of “bad” cholesterol and total cholesterol. The American diet is a diet rich in fat and animal products. Reducing these products within diets would produce beneficial changes in health including: Lower Cholesterol, Lower LDL “Bad” Cholesterol, Raised HDL “Good” Cholesterol, and General Health Benefits.
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