A new study states that cottonseed oil can drastically help bring in control cholesterol levels in young adult men. After conducting their five-day outpatient feeding trial, researchers claim that cottonseed oil drastically improved cholesterol profiles in young adult men.
The participants, as part of the study, showed significant reductions in cholesterol and triglycerides in the cottonseed oil trial. The results of which have been published in the journal, Nutrition Research. Jamie Cooper, the corresponding author of the study said, "One of the reasons these results were so surprising is because of the magnitude of change observed with the cottonseed oil diet. To see this amount of change in such a short period of time is exciting."
Researchers suggested a fatty acid unique to cottonseed oil, dihydrosterculic acid, may help prevent the accumulation of triglycerides, a type of fat, in the body. "By doing that, it pushes the body to burn more of that fat because it can't store it properly, so you have less lipid and cholesterol accumulation," Cooper added.
