Orange juice and HDL - High Cholesterol Message Board

flowergirl2day · 08-09-2007, 08:36 AM

Hi,

Is there any scientific support to a claim that orange juice will give the HDL levels a boost?

I read a small study from 2000. In this Canadian study, 25 individuals were given 1, 2 or 3 cups (250ml) of OJ every day for a period of 4 weeks.

Those individuals who consumed 3cups of OJ had HDL levels higher by 21%, their LDL/HDL ratios decreased by 16%.

I then read an abstract from a larger study that used plant sterol fortified OJ. The results were a reduction in total cholesterol by 7.2% and a mean reduction in LDL by 12.4%

This info may be years old, but worth looking into. What do you think?
Flowergirl

Guy1_USA · 08-09-2007, 08:21 PM

Not sure orange juice is the way to go.

My understanding is that a high fat diet will boost your HDL too, but not sure that is a good idea either.

Eat a cube of butter everyday and your HDL will improve... but I'm not so sure this will positively improve your longevity...

Mark1e · 08-10-2007, 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by VentureMan

... My understanding is that a high fat diet will boost your HDL ... but I'm not so sure this will positively improve your longevity...

Why not? I thought high HDL was supposed to be good.

Mark

Lutheran122 · 08-10-2007, 03:18 AM

It is good to have high HDL , he means if you eat a cube of butter you will ALSO raise the bad fats in your blood and sooner or later have a heart attack..

flowergirl2day · 08-11-2007, 08:34 AM

Oh well....750ml (3cups) of OJ a day adds up to the following (taken from the nutritional facts panel on the juice carton:

1410mg potassium
330% of RDA vitamin C
75 grams sugars

Frankly, I don't know anyone who drinks that much orange juice. I can stomach maybe a glass a week, if that. I suppose someone desperate enough might want to experiment with it to see if it really works. 'Never mind the potential effects of all that extra sugar, potassium and vitamin C over a longer period of time. Nothing was mentioned about that in the study. I guess one would have to watch one's daily potassium intake from other sources and not mind the extra calories too much.

Flowergirl