Plant Sterols WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Plant Sterols
Phytosterols (also called plant sterols) are a group of steroid alcohols, phytochemicals naturally occurring in plants. They are white powders with mild, characteristic odor, insoluble in water and soluble in alcohols. They have many applications as food additives, and in medicine and cosmetics. ...more from Wikipedia
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- May lower blood cholesterol levels.1
- Present in small quantities in many fruits, vegetables, vegetable oils, nuts, seeds, cereals and legumes.2
- Very high intakes may inhibit the growth of breast and prostate cancer.3
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Research Notes References
- ↑ International Food Information Council: Functional Foods Fact Sheet: Plant Stanols and Sterols
- ↑ Cleveland Clinic: Plant Sterols and Stanols
- ↑ Linus Pauling Institute: Phytosterols
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- Contributor: Jacky Gamble
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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Meet our contributors and reviewers
- Contributor: Jacky Gamble
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Phytosterols, Phytosterol, Pleant Sterol, Plant Stanols, Plant Stanol, Plant sterol
- Last update: Sep. 4, 2008
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
