Helps to speed the healing process, lowers cholesterol, protects the heart, fights inflammation and stimulates the immune system with its antioxidant properties.
Check the following references for info:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1471015313001116?via%3Dihub
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3316137/
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/cholesterol/2010/824813/