American scientists have proposed a new way of treating atherosclerosis. It turns out that in order to cope with this most dangerous disease, it is enough just ... to drink orange juice more often. True, not quite ordinary juice, but containing special additives, according to the Internet edition for girls and women from 14 to 35 years old Pannochka. Net According to a statement made by experts from the medical center of the University of California, freshly squeezed orange juice, in which so-called phytosterols are added - substances of plant origin that can reduce the cholesterol content in the blood - has no less anti-atherosclerotic effect than most modern medicines.

Thus, their studies have shown that in patients suffering from atherosclerosis, volunteers who receive only "orange" therapy for 2-8 weeks, the blood levels of low-density lipoproteins (cholesterol carriers) decrease by 7-12 percent.

Such results usually can be achieved only with the help of complex drug therapy - and conventional drugs, unlike orange juice, have a number of harmful side effects.

True, it is worth noting that funding for this research was provided by The Coca Cola Co. ", Actively promoting its new product to its market - the same orange juice with a high content of phytosterols, sold under the name" Minute Maid Premium Heart Wise ". Therefore, to the results obtained by scientists, unfortunately, it is necessary to treat with some caution the medicus. En.