People with high cholesterol who ate a special diet with plant-based foods like almonds and fiber saw their body levels of certain plant fats go up — but it’s not clear if the change was strong enough to mean anything for their health.

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Effects of a diet high in plant sterols, vegetable proteins, and viscous fibers (dietary portfolio) on circulating sterol levels and red cell fragility in hypercholesterolemic subjects

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2005 Feb

The study looked at the same diet described in the claim and found that plant sterol levels in the blood went up by the amounts mentioned, even though the result wasn’t strong enough to be considered fully reliable after statistical adjustments.

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Effects of a diet high in plant sterols, vegetable proteins, and viscous fibers (dietary portfolio) on circulating sterol levels and red cell fragility in hypercholesterolemic subjects

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DOI: 10.1007/s11745-005-1372-6

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