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Wed, Sep-09-09, 10:10

Nancy LC

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Ditch the margarine

They're putting sterols in it.

http://blog.trackyourplaque.com/200...rt-disease.html

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Originally Posted by Heart scan blog

Sterols are an ingredient widely added by food manufacturers that allows a "heart healthy" claim, since sterols have been shown to reduce LDL cholesterol (at least transiently). HOWEVER, sterols have also been implicated in possibly increasing risk for heart disease. After all, people with the genetic condition called sitosterolemia absorb sterols into the blood and develop coronary heart disease in their teens and twenties. Those of us without sitosterolemia who increase sterol intake with sterol-enriched foods increase blood levels of sterols several-fold. Is this healthy, or does it contribute to coronary plaque as it does in people with sitosterolemia?

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Wed, Sep-09-09, 12:08

jcass

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Originally Posted by Nancy LC

They're putting sterols in it.

http://heartscanblog.blogspot.com/2...ause-heart.html

Is it true that the body has enzymes to pump phytosterols OUT of the body?

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Fri, Sep-11-09, 08:17

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They are marketing this based on the flawed assumption that lowering cholesterol lowers heart attack risk. To the best of my knowledge, there have been no studies showing that consuming plant sterols actually reduces heart attack risk. Cholesterol is just a surrogate marker and a poor one at that.

I recall that Dr. Davis also pointed out that the levels the AHA is recommending and the levels in these products are much greater than what you would get from normal consumption of vegetables. Consuming more that nature intended -- how can that be healthy????

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Fri, Sep-11-09, 13:31

jcass

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Originally Posted by jcass

Is it true that the body has enzymes to pump phytosterols OUT of the body?

ok i found my answer here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterolin and the answer is yes, the liver dumps them right back out into the bile.