Remedy · supplement
Plant sterols & stanols
Also: phytosterols, stanols
Plant compounds that block cholesterol absorption — among the best-evidenced LDL-lowering supplements.
Evidence by condition
Each grade reflects the research for Plant sterols & stanols and that condition specifically.
- AHigh cholesterol
About 2 g/day lowers LDL cholesterol by roughly 8–10%.
1 citation
- Continuous dose-response relationship of the LDL-cholesterol-lowering effect of phytosterol intake Meta-analysis 2009 · Journal of Nutrition · DOI 10.3945/jn.108.095125
- Continuous dose-response relationship of the LDL-cholesterol-lowering effect of phytosterol intake