R University of Roehampton London

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We provide health and wellbeing services, financial guidance and support to develop your study skills. You will also have access to careers advice, work placements, paid and voluntary work opportunities and career mentoring.
Research
Research

At Roehampton, we are focused on creating new knowledge and ideas that help us to understand our world and make it a better place. We are ranked the most research-intensive modern university in the UK. Our staff undertake world-class research across all our academic departments. This means that if you join us as a student, you will benefit from being taught by leading thinkers from your first year of study.
- Research and Knowledge Exchange Centres
  
  Arts and Creative Exchange
  
  Equality, Justice and Social Change
  
  Inclusive Humanities
  
  Integrated Research in Life and Health Sciences
  
  Learning, Teaching and Human Development
  
  Psychological Wellbeing
  
  Sustainability and Responsible Management
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Lowering cholesterol efficacy of Lactobacillus plantarum ECGC 13110402 LPLDL® in hypercholesterolaemic adults

Staff: Adele Costabile

Website: https://discoverthesecretofgoodhealth.weebly.com

Description. Lactobacilli are common components of the human intestine and used by the food industry as probiotics for general health benefits. A randomised, controlled human study with LP_LDL® was performed by Dr Costabile with 50 hypercholesterolemic subjects (Costabile A et al., 2017; PLoS One. Dec 11;12(12):e0187964). LP_LDL® showed to: be completely safe and well tolerated; lower total cholesterol by up to 36.7%; lower LDL cholesterol by up to 13.9%; Increase HDL cholesterol by up to 6.5%; lower systolic blood pressure by 5.1%. The project is a follow up pilot study in 18 hypercholesterolaemic (TC > 6) adults to assess the impact of a seletcted probiotic in health and disease.

https://www.roehampton.ac.uk/life-and-health-sciences/news/50000-grant-awarded-for-research-into-new-product-to-help-improve-cardiovascular-disease/