Often found in corn and rye, plant sterols and margarine with plant sterols work by partially blocking the intake of cholesterol by the gut, so less is absorbed into your bloodstream.

2020年12月3日 · A spread with heart-healthy plant sterols or stanols; 2 grams per day can help lower LDL cholesterol if your diet is low in saturated fat and cholesterol. 8.

2018年8月29日 · Anyone who’s been diagnosed with high cholesterol levels has probably been advised, at some point, to start using margarine enriched with plant sterols. That’s because plant sterol-enriched margarines, which are high in polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats, promise to help lower your blood cholesterol levels.

Plant sterols and stanols reduce the absorption of cholesterol from the gut and so lower serum concentrations of cholesterol. Plant sterols or stanols that have been esterified to increase their lipid solubility can be incorporated into margarines and other foods

Best Margarines for Lowering Cholesterol: With Plant Sterols or Stanols …You Need 2-3 tablespoons daily…Each tablespoon has the following calories and saturated fat–and no trans fat. *Benecol Light – 45 calories, 0.5 gram saturated fat

Used as a substitute for normal dietary intake of saturated fatty acids, margarines containing plant sterols can cause a modest reduction in serum total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels. They have been shown effective in patients with mild hypercholesterolemia, but they are also useful in the general population.

2000年9月1日 · New margarines containing plant sterols and stanols claim to lower serum cholesterol concentrations. However, these products cost three to four times more than conventional margarines or...

A double-blind, randomized trial compared plant sterol esters and sitostanol ester in margarine with a control margarine in normal and mildly hypercholesterolemic patients.

In this study, both men and women with CVD were found to have lower intakes of total and individual plant sterols from diet and from diet and phytosterol-enriched margarine, than their healthy counterparts.

Margarines enriched with plant sterols can lower levels of so-called bad cholesterol (LDL-cholesterol) by up to 10 per cent when taken regularly for 3 weeks or more and according to instructions.