Snacking on pistachios and sunflower seeds may help lower your cholestrol and reduce the risk of some cancers, says a study. Researchers of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University analysed 27 different nut and seed products ,including raw nuts, dry and oil roasted nuts and peanut butter,reported online newsportal canada.com. They said pistachios and sunflower seeds were more likely to be consumed as a snack food and could therefore be easily incorporated in a cholestrol -lowering diet,it said. Pistachios and sunflower seeds contain phytosterols,chemicals that have been shown to lower cholestrol and the reduce the risk of some cancers,it said.
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