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Abstract Cardiovascular disease and stroke are leading causes of death and the prevalence of these disease continues to increase. Recent studies reported the inf luence of plasm a cholesterol levels on the othersclerotic process.There has b een a public health focus on the effect of altering cholesterol levels by diet and other life style behavior progression and developm ent of cardio vascular disease.Dietary m odification rem ains the preferred initial treatment option for improving lipid risk factor. Dietary protein have received atte ntion regarding their possible ef fect on plasma cholesterol m etabolism plant pr otein is less cholesterolem ic than animal protein .Reviews dealing with in f lense of legumes on plasm a lipid concentration decrease total serum and lower density lipoprotein LDL cholesterol in hum ans and anim als.This study anim al to study the ef fect of some consum ption of legum es (f aba bean,com mon bean,chickpea,lupin, lentils and f enugreek which are cons umed f requently in Egyptian diet on blood cholesterol. |