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Kimchi, a Fermented Vegetable, Improves Serum Lipid Pro?les in Healthy Young Adults: Randomized Clinical Trial

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Vegetable-based diets have generally focused on their health bene?ts including negative associations with the serum cholesterol concentrations. The aim of this study was to investigate whether serum lipid concentrations are in?uenced by the amount of kimchi intake. For the study, 100 volunteers were assigned to 2 dietary groups, low (15g/day, n=50) and high (210g/day, n=50) kimchi intake, and were housed together in a dormitory for 7 days. Identical meals except with d?ifferent amount of kimchi were provided and subjects were instructed to maintain their normal physical activity. Concentrations of fasting blood glucose (FBG), total glucose, total cholesterol and low density lipoprotein (LDL)-C signi?cantly decreased in both groups after 7 days of kimchi intake, but the effects were dose dependent. Lipid lowering effects of kimchi were more profound in the subjects with total cholesterol and LDL-C level over 190 and 130mg/dL, respectively, in both groups. FBG was signi?cantly decreased in the high kimchi intake as compared to the low intake group (P=.003). In conclusion, greater consumption of kimchi improved FBG and serum total cholesterol in young healthy adults.??