Honey, Honey
A natural sugar found in honey could prevent heart attacks, new research suggests.
The sugar, known as trehalose, activates a protein that causes immune cells to remove fatty plaque from arteries, the study found.
Trehalose was found to reduce the size of plaque in mice by around 30 percent.
Plaque builds up inside the arteries in a condition known as atherosclerosis. This causes the arteries to harden and become less elastic, putting people at risk of high blood pressure, heart disease and even heart attacks.
Trehalose is also found in mushrooms, lobsters and prawns.
How the study was carried out
Researchers from Washington University injected mice at risk of atherosclerosis with trehalose or a different type of sugar.
Some mice were also given trehalose orally.
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