Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Are There Benefits to Adding Sterol Esters to Food Items?

See that container of yogurt?   It contains 600 mg of plant sterols that help reduce cholesterol. It even says "heart healthy"  . . . but is it?   "Trans" fats all over again?   Back in the 1970s, we were all warned to reduce the saturated fat in our diet. Food manufacturer...
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vickie
2/26/09 3:56pm

Some time ago, when I was first diagnosed with Type 2 diabetis, the Dieticians recommended Benecol margarine - complete with transfats - instead of butter.  I soon stopped using it owever, mainly because of it's unpleasant taste.   I am now leery  about re-starting the use of this product.   They were very wrong before in their statements.  Why should we believe them now?

10/29/10 3:34am

trans fats have been shown to increase HDL while decreasing LDL.  Combined with saturated fats (that is to say, fatty acid chains which have been fully reduced, provide instant energy in a degree which is 2x more than most proteins or acyl unsaturated acids,) these trans fats lead to significantly extracellular sodium levels, a leading cause of atheriosclerious.

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fouka
10/29/10 3:31am

its obviously clear that plant sterols (stanols) work to additively decrease the amount of LDL in the body.  From a biochemical standpoint, plant sterols contain both methyl and ethyl alcohol and alkyl groups which are significantly less soluble in the cholesterol form then normal waxy steroid metabilites.  These domains do in fact led to lower LDL as a diet rich in these specific steroids result in significantly less uptake in the cytoplasmic space of the phospholipid membrane. 

11/ 3/10 12:59am

Does beer contain these steriloids? I ask because one of my sisters had a massive heart attack , she is the middle girl and none of the rest of us have heart problems. She is the only one that drinks beer. She drinks it often and too much as far as im concerned. When we would stop at the store for a soda she would get a beer. How would beer affect her heart?

Anonymous
paulo C
10/ 6/11 9:33pm

Thank you Dr. William to bring some light to the general public.

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