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About 50 million children in the United States suffer from high blood levels of LDL, or "bad" cholesterol--and doctors are finding the condition more and more.
Now, a study published in the August 11, 2003 edition of the medical journal Circulation suggests a nutritional solution.
Children with elevated LDL levels were given 500 milligrams (mg) a day of vitamin C and 400 international units (IU) a day of vitamin E for 6 weeks. They were also placed on the National Cholesterol Education Program Step II diet--a special ...