Figure 7.

Lipid lowering activity of carrageenan. Rabbits were fed a high cholesterol diet and given daily 5 mg via intravenous injections of treatments including carrageenan for 18 weeks. (A) Lipid and (B) cholesterol serum levels were measured before and every two weeks after the start of the diet. A carrageenan-enriched diet demonstrated lower readings of both lipids and cholesterol at multiple time points. ^*p < 0.05 or ^†p < 0.01 vs. control group. Used with permission (125). (C) Twenty human volunteers were given a carrageenan-enriched diet and monitored for 8 weeks. Groups included a healthy control group and an experimental group with ischemic heart disease. Both groups experienced reductions in total cholesterol (TC) and HDL. ^*Designates significantly different from all conditions (p < 0.05). ^†Significantly different compared to control group (p < 0.05).^‡Significant difference between “before” and “after” groups in either the control or experimental groups (p < 0.05). ^§Significantly different between control “after” group and experimental “after” group (p < 0.05). Used with permission (127).