Talk:Phytosterol
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[edit] Another cholesterol information source, consistent with 8-15% cholesterol drop from phytosterol when taken with cholesterol-containing food
http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/reprint/133/6/1815
"Decreases in TC (total cholesterol) and LDL-C concentrations in this study are in agreement with data from other studies that examined the effects of phytosterols on blood lipid concentrations (15–17). In a controlled feeding experiment in which subjects consumed 1.8 g tall oil phytosterols/d, phytosterols caused a decrease in TC and LDL-C concentrations of 19.5 and 24.4%, respectively, compared to 10.4 and 8.9%, respectively, for the control diet not containing phytosterols (16). In other controlled feeding studies, overall decreases in TC were 4.9–6.8% (15) and 7.4% (17). These results are similar to those obtained in the present study, in which TC and LDL-C concentrations were decreased by 12.6 and 13.9%, respectively, in subjects who consumed the phytosterol-containing diet FctO. Therefore, it can be assumed that the dose of phytosterols given in this trial, �3.4 g/d, was appropriate and effective in optimizing changes in TC and LDL-C concentrations and was most likely the major factor responsible for the observed changes in TC and LDL-C concentrations."
