Watermelon Can Help Reduce Atherosclerosis

New Study shows evidence that the watermelon can mitigate atherosclerosis. As atherosclerosis is a condition of the collection of fats (lipids) along the artery walls. Fat is then thickens, hardens, and eventually narrow the artery channel thus reducing the supply of oxygen and blood to the organs of the body.

Collection of fat that hardens on the walls of the arteries is called plaque. When covering the artery completely, the tissue supplied by the artery will die. When the clogged heart arteries, the patient may get angina, heart attack, congestive heart failure, or abnormal heart rhythm. When the brain is clogged arteries, stroke patients can be affected, either mild or heavily.

Researchers from the University of Kentucky has claimed the results of a study using mice as experimental animals. Rats that underwent a high cholesterol diet fed watermelon juice for eight weeks, has a lower weight when compared with the group of mice that were given only water. The decrease was due to a decrease in fat mass.

Plasma cholesterol concentrations were significantly lower visible as reduced lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations of simple and medium enterprises. Also revealed these animals also experienced a statistically significant reduction in atherosclerotic lesions. "Watermelon does have many health benefits," said lead researcher Dr. Sibu Saha. "These trials have found three interesting health benefits in people with atherosclerosis in mice. The purpose of this study is to actually identify the bioactive compounds that will improve human health,"