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."
[edit] Why the comment about cancer?
To my knowledge, cancer and atherosclerosis are related only in the kind of people that get both diseases, either very old, very careless with their health, or unfortunately prone, so I'm removing the mention of cancer from this article...hmmm. A name is for the soy derived steroids that do strange things like put colour in parrots and cause impotence in men. Brewhaha@edmc.net 13:30, 19 July 2007 (UTC) isoflavones. Brewhaha@edmc.net 14:15, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
