The results were “comparable” to “normal fat” — the five percent fat group.
“Hamsters given whole pinto bean supplements had significantly lower levels of liver cholesterol and higher concentrations of fecal cholesterol than those fed a diet high in saturated fat,” the study explains.
He concludes: “Pinto beans remedied high cholesterol induced by high saturated fat diets in male hamsters by decreasing hepatic cholesterol synthesis and intestinal cholesterol absorption, effects that were partially exerted by the shells.”
In general, a healthy level of total cholesterol in the blood is considered to be five millimoles per liter (mmol/L) or less.
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