title: Can eating baked beans lower plasma cholesterol?
abstract: The plasma cholesterol lowering potential of canned baked beans was examined in a cross-over comparison with canned spaghetti. The difference in total dietary non-starch polysaccharide (NSP) of 12 g daily (6.6 g difference in soluble NSP), was insufficient to alter the plasma cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, triglyceride and glucose concentrations in 20 mildly hyper-cholesterolaemic men. Thus, eating an average of six 440 g cans of this source of baked beans per week, large servings, does not lower the plasma cholesterol when dietary fat is not displaced.
authors.affiliation: CSIRO Division of Human Nutrition, Adelaide, Australia.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cobiac
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McArthur
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Nestel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D004032:Diet; D004043:Dietary Fiber; D007887:Fabaceae; D005502:Food; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010946:Plants, Medicinal
chemical_list: D004043:Dietary Fiber; D002784:Cholesterol