February 3/Wroclaw, Poland/Journal of Farming -- According to recent research from Wroclaw, Poland, "The aim of the study was to estimate the influence of drinking chokeberry juice on the endothelial function in men with mild hypercholesterolemia. It was shown that chronic treatment with flavonoids improves vascular function and reduces cardiovascular remodelling by increasing nitric oxide release from endothelial cells."
"A group of 35 men diagnosed with mild hypercholesterolemia (mean age: 53.9 +/- 5.8 years), with no earlier pharmacological treatment, were enrolled to the study. In all men, assessment of endothelial function, and serum lipids level were carried out at four time points: at the beginning of the studies, after six weeks of regular drinking of chokeberry juice, after six weeks without drinking the juice, then after a repeated six weeks of drinking chokeberry juice.