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Plant sterol esters

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By: Sean Moloughney

Editor, Nutraceuticals World

Indication: Cholesterol-lowering

Source: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2004;58:503-509.

Research: Researchers enriched low-fat (2%) milk, yogurt, bread and breakfast cereal with esterified plant sterols to achieve 1.6 grams of sterols per day. They asked 58 middle-aged men and women with moderately elevated cholesterol levels to consume these foods daily during each of four, three-week periods. Only one of these foods was enriched with esterified plant sterols during each of the three active intervention periods. There was one control period, in which none of the four foods was enriched with plant sterol esters. At the beginning and end of each period, the researchers compared the subjects’ cholesterol levels.

Results: Consumption of the low-fat milk fortified with esterified plant sterols led to a significant 9.7% de­crease in total cholesterol and nearly a 16% decrease in LDL cholesterol. Yogurt with esterified sterols led to a 5.6% decrease in total cholesterol and an 8.6% decrease in LDL cholesterol. The enriched bread and breakfast cereal slightly reduced total cholesterol levels and reduced LDL cholesterol by 6.5% and 5.3%, respectively.

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