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Shrimp Does Not Raise Cholesterol Levels, Study Finds
The Washington Post - Shrimp lovers, rejoice. The popular crustacean, long on the list of foods to avoid because of its high cholesterol count, has received a ringing endorsement from Rockefeller University researchers in New York.
The team of scientists found that eating steamed shrimp did not raise blood cholesterol levels, as had long been feared. The study appears in this month's American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
The study found that volunteers on a diet including about 10 oz. of steamed shrimp per day had a rise in blood levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL), the so-called "bad" cholesterol. But the shrimp diet also produced an increase in blood levels of high-density lipoprotein or HDL, the type of cholesterol that helps protect against heart disease. That in turn, resulted in a better ratio of LDL to HDL, one measure that doctors use to gauge the risk of heart disease.
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