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Supermodel Rachel Hunter is the new face of Benecol, spreads that contain cholesterol-lowering plant stanol esters. Hunter has a personal involvement with heart disease since she has had a heart murmur since the age of 12. Her father has had two heart bypass operations.
The problem worsened a bit after I had [older […]
This week’s Harvard Medical School Advisor Q&A column taught me about plant sterols and stanols which keep the body from absorbing cholesterol from food and as a result, lower blood levels of cholesterol as well.
Eating 2 grams of plant sterols or stanols a day can lower LDL cholesterol by about 10 percent.
That may not sound […]
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