现在对心血管问题和食物的关系研究很多.比如下面的华盛顿大学的研究显示,如果完全用螃蟹的蛋白代替平常所需的动物蛋白,结果不光是降低LDL,而且降低总胆固醇.
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Effects of shellfish consumption on lipoproteins in normolipidemic men
MT Childs, CS Dorsett, IB King, JG Ostrander and WK Yamanaka
Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Nutrition Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
Eighteen normolipidemic males were fed six different species of shellfish; each shellfish was fed so that protein in shellfish equalled that in animal foods in the normal diet, with less than one-half of the amount of fat in animal foods allowed for preparation of the shellfish. Oyster, clam, crab, and mussel diets, low in cholesterol and high in n- 3 fatty acids, lowered VLDL triglycerides and cholesterol and, except for the mussel diet, LDL and total cholesterol. Squid and shrimp diets, higher in cholesterol and lower in n-3 fatty acids, did not change the blood lipids. The ratio of LDL to HDL cholesterol was decreased on the oyster and mussel diets. Oyster, mussel, and squid diets increased HDL2 cholesterol. Cholesterol absorption was decreased on the oyster, clam, and mussel diets. When consumed with moderate dietary fat restriction, oysters, clams, mussels, and crab appear to be useful in hypolipidemic diets for normolipidemic men.