Thursday, July 08, 2010

Plant stanols lowers LDL

Daily consumption of plant stanols (up to 9 g) reduced serum low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol concentrations up to 17.4 percent in a recent American Journal of Clinical Nutrition study. The researchers noted current recommendations of plant stanols are 2 to 3 g/d, but they wanted to investigate the effects of high doses on serum LDL cholesterol and on fat-soluble antioxidant concentrations. Researchers found no effects, good or bad, on beta-carotene concentrations, serum high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and triacylglycerol concentrations, alpha-tocopherol and lutein concentrations. Additionally, plasma markers reflecting liver and renal function were not affected.

Steve - plant sterols and stanols for a long time have been a well-researched, safe way to reduce LDL cholesterol.

2 comments:

Chuck said...

do you have a link to that study? What plants are high in stanols?

nutrocon@aol.com said...

Plant sterols and stanols in these therapeutic amounts can only make a difference via supplementation.

Here is the link: http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/92/1/24?maxtoshow=&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=Stanols&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&resourcetype=HWCIT