{"id":2790,"date":"2025-06-05T13:21:40","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T13:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/05\/chickpeas-can-improve-cholesterol\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T13:21:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T13:21:41","slug":"chickpeas-can-improve-cholesterol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/05\/chickpeas-can-improve-cholesterol\/","title":{"rendered":"Chickpeas can improve cholesterol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2025-06-05 13:21:40<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Chickpeas can lower cholesterol.<BR><br \/>\nAdding the pulses to a diet can prevent a high-level of the fat-like substance, of which can cause chronic diseases, such as diabetes and heart disease.<BR><br \/>\nIn addition, it was found that black beans could reduce inflammation.<BR><br \/>\nResearchers at the Illinois Institute of Technology, USA, recruited 72 participants with pre-diabetes, and they were monitored while eating chickpeas and black beans every day for over 12 weeks.<BR><br \/>\nThe results showed those who ate chickpeas, roughly 160g cooked weight, had better cholesterol levels.<BR><br \/>\nPeople who consumed black beans, approximately 170g cooked weight, had reduced inflammation.<BR><br \/>\nAnd researcher Morganne Smith thinks the findings could inform &#8220;dietary guidelines, clinicians or public health programmes&#8221; that aim to prevent heart disease and diabetes.<BR><br \/>\nShe said: &#8220;Individuals with pre-diabetes often exhibit impaired lipid metabolism and chronic low-grade inflammation, both of which can contribute to the development of conditions like heart disease and type 2 diabetes.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;Our study found that bean consumption helped significantly lower cholesterol and reduce inflammation in people with pre-diabetes, although glucose levels were not changed.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;[We] showed the benefits of consuming beans in adults with pre-diabetes, but they are a great option for everyone.&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025-06-05 13:21:40 Chickpeas can lower cholesterol. Adding the pulses to a diet can prevent a high-level of the fat-like substance, of which can cause chronic diseases, such as diabetes and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2791,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2790"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2792,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2790\/revisions\/2792"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}