Research
Micronutrients & recovery
Consumption of prebiotics (specifically inulin-type fructans) and probiotics reduces serum total and LDL cholesterol levels in hypercholesterolemic or dyslipidemic individuals.
Adding prebiotic fibers like inulin or probiotic-enriched foods to your diet can help lower bad cholesterol (LDL) and total cholesterol levels in people with high cholesterol.
GoodSupportsHIGH confidence
Schaafsma et al. found that consumption of milk... containing 2.5% fructooligosaccharides... significantly lowered values of serum total cholesterol (P < 0.001), LDL-cholesterol (P < 0.005)... by 4.4, 5.4 and 5.3%, respectively.
Why this rating
Supported by multiple human studies showing significant reductions in LDL and total cholesterol.
Source
Gut microbiota as a potential target of metabolic syndrome: the role of probiotics and prebiotics
Mingqian He et al. · Cell & Bioscience · 2017
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