Effects of a new soy/beta-sitosterol supplement on plasma lipids in moderately hypercholesterolemic subjects
Cicero, A.F.G.; Fiorito, A.; Panourgia, M.Panagiota.; Sangiorgi, Z.; Gaddi, A.
Journal of the American Dietetic Association 102(12): 1807-1811
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0002-8223 PMID: 12487546 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-8223(02)90388-3
Accession: 003738791
Our aim was to test the hypocholesterolaemic effect of a low-dose formulation of soy proteins supplemented with isolated b-sitosterol in a ratio of 4:1 in 20 moderately hypercholesterolaemic subjects from Italy The study has been divided in three different periods of forty days each: a stabilization diet period, then a treatment period during which all subjects assumed 10 g one time a day of the tested product and, finally, a wash out period.