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Chlorella vulgarisFinding

Chlorella vulgaris has no detected effect on HDL cholesterol

no difference foundModerate evidenceFindingreplicated ×1

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“The serum LDL-C and HDL-C levels, however, did not change significantly in the Chlorella group during the study; thus, there were no significant differences between the groups.”
Quoted verbatim from Impact of daily Chlorella consumption on serum lipid and carotenoid profiles in mildly hypercholesterolemic adults: a double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled study.
This finding among the 93 findings on its endpoint

Chlorella vulgaris

HDL cholesterol

no difference found

Who
Adults over 20 with mildly elevated serum total cholesterol (5.18 to 6.48 mmol/L), Korea, 4-week intervention after a 2-week lead-in
Dose studied
5 g/day, 12 tablets after meals

Moderate evidencePMID 24920270 · 2014

02 · The study

Study
RCT
Duration
4 weeks

Evidence, by strength

  • strong
  • moderatethis finding
  • limited
  • very limited
  • insufficient

03 · The paper

Nutrition journal
What else it reported2 findings · 0 compounds · 2 endpoints

04 · To cite this finding

This address does not change

https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M71F5Z65VWNZ2WXJAJWDWW2K