What Are the Health Benefits of Eating Pistachio Nuts? (0:31)
Pistachio nuts can help prevent two common chronic diseases, says diet and disease prevention specialist Dr. William Li. To learn more about the health benefits of pistachios, watch this video.
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For the health benefits of Pistachio are actually a number of different benefits and they can actually reduce the instances of cancer, they can actually help you protected against heart disease and the way that works with heart disease is actually by providing a cholesterol-lowering activity and inside of Pistachio is an antioxidant called lutein that lowers the harmful form of cholesterol called LDL or low density liper proteins.
So there are a lot of great reasons to each Pistachio.
William Li, MD, is President, Medical Director, and Co-founder of the Angiogenesis Foundation. He has been actively involved in angiogenesis research and development for 22 years. Li trained with Judah Folkman, a pioneer of the field.
