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Press Release: American Journal of Cardiology paper suggests plant-sterol foods may provide useful alternative to higher statin dose.
(From Chemical Business NewsBase: Press Release)
A new study published in the American Journal of Cardiology confirms that statin and sterol-ester margarine used together produce a purely additive effect on low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol reduction in patients. These cholesterol-lowering spreads, which contain plant sterols, may provide doctors with a useful alternative to higher dose statins to reduce their patients LDL. The authors reported that when sterol-ester margarine is added to a statin, the additive effect on LDL cholesterol remains similar to that observed with use of sterol-ester margarine alone (-6% vs -8%). This additive effect is equivalent …
