Guest guest Posted May 10, 2007 Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 The FDA has authorized a health claim describing the relationship between dietary intake of plant sterols and reduced risk of heart disease. That health claim states that "Foods containing at least 0.65 grams per serving of plant sterol esters, eaten twice a day with meals for a daily total intake of at least 1.3 grams, as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol, may reduce the risk of heart disease." An often asked question from Readers is: "What are plant sterols?" Plant sterols are naturally occurring components of plant cell membranes, just as cholesterol is a part of animal cell membranes. The highest concentrations of plant sterols are found in unrefined vegetable oils, nuts, seeds, legumes, and whole grains. Plant sterol-enriched margarines are one way that you can get plant sterols. We recommend getting them naturally from whole foods where they are found within a whole matrix of other health-supporting compounds as well. Sterols are present in all plant foods, although in smaller amounts than in sterol-enriched margarines. As the table below shows, a healthy way of eating featuring daily selections from the whole foods listed below can easily deliver 1.3 grams of cardio-protective plant sterols. By Mateljan Whole Foods Food Phyto- sterols (mg) Wheat germ(1 oz) 114-118 Sesame seed(1 oz) 133-138 Pumpkin seeds(1 oz) 88 Pistachio(1 oz) 90-96 Sunflower seeds(1 oz) 77-82.5 Unrefined Canola oil(1 TBS) 91 Peanuts(1 oz) 62 Wheat bran(1/2 cup) 58 Almonds(1 oz) 34 Brussels sprouts(1 oz) 34 Rye bread(2 slices) 33 Macadamia nuts(1 oz) 33 Extra virgin olive oil(1 TBS) 22 Suzi What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered. health/ http://suziesgoats.wholefoodfarmacy.com/ http://360./suziesgoats Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check out new cars at Autos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 I see no response to my query about plant sterols so I will answer it myself, after almost a week on plant sterols, I am getting worse-in just about all the mols bad ways- so I can say that my experiment was a failure-back to Cholestrymine. karen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 , I am sorry to hear that. When I saw your post I went to PubMed to see if I could find anything on beta-sitesterol (is that how it is spelled?) binding low molecular weight toxins to remove them from enterohepatic recirculation so they can be excreted. I wasn't able to find anything there that seemed to indicate it did. There is lots of stuff on cholestyramine binding toxins removed from your bloodstream by the liver from recirculating in the gut with the bile, though. On 10/11/07, carondeen <kdeanstudios@...> wrote: > > I see no response to my query about plant sterols so I will answer it > myself, after almost a week on plant sterols, I am getting worse-in > just about all the mols bad ways- so I can say that my experiment was a > failure-back to Cholestyramine. > karen > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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