One gram of plant sterols added to reduced-calorie orange juice may reduce cardiovascular risks, a new study has found. Patients in the study who downed the supplemented orange juice twice daily over an eight-week period decreased their total cholesterol by 5 percent, reduced their LDL ("bad") cholesterol by 9.4 percent, and increased their HDL ("good") cholesterol by 6 percent. The study subjects also reduced their C-reactive protein levels, a marker of increased cardiovascular risk, by 12...
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