Use of apple to prevent risk of atherosclerosis

Background: oxidative stress and atherosclerosis are considered key phenomenon for ischemic heart disease,cardiac arrest and myocardial infarction. by keeping lipid levels normal in body,predisposing phenomenon of atherosclerosis may be inhibited and stopped at early stages. apple is one of the daily used fruit,which lowers harmful fats in human body. methods: we tried to observe and compare lipid lowering potential of apple in our low socioeconomic population. duration of study was 6 months. it was conducted in jinnah hospital lahore. forty participants were selected and classified in two groups,twenty in each. group a was control group who were advised to eat their normal food. they were advised to come research center fortnightly for counseling or donating blood sample. group b was tested group,whose blood sample was taken to determine their ldl-cholesterol,before and after eating 250 grams apple daily for six months. results: at the end of research study we observed that there was no decrease in ldl-cholesterol in group a,in opposite their ldl-c level somewhat increased. in group b,ldl-c decreased from 250.71±1.22 mg/dl to 239.70±2.22mg/dl. it was 11.01mg/dl decrease. statistically this change in ldl-c was significant (p-value< 0.01). conclusion: we concluded from this study that apple can lower ldl-cholesterol,chances of development of atherosclerosis and eventually ischemic heart disease and myocardial infarction.