5 Healthy Benefits of Plum
By: Team Ifairer | Posted: 25-08-2014
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Lower Cholesterol
The soluble fibre in plum also helps to lower cholesterol by soaking up extra bile in the intestine and then excreting it. Bile is made in the liver to digest fat. When the body excretes bile, along with fibre, the liver makes use of cholesterol in the body to make more bile thereby lowering the amount in circulation in the body.