Dietary reduction of serum cholesterol concentration.

Dietary reduction of serum cholesterol concentration: time to think again.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the long term efficacy of diets in lowering serum cholesterol concentration. DESIGN Descriptive overview of 16 published controlled trials of six months' duration or longer. SETTING Trials had been conducted in hospital clinics (6), industry (3), mental hospitals or institutions (3), and in general populations (4). PATIENTS Trials had been conducted in high risk subj...

Serum Cholesterol Concentration

OBSERVATIONS on the variability of serum cholesterol concentration at times of stress have been made by several investigators.1-5 In most cases the concentration of cholesterol has been found to increase during or shortly after a stressful experience, but there is evidence that the nature of the stressor and factors involved in the selection of experimental subjects may influence such responses...

Reduction of serum cholesterol in hypercholesterolemic rats by Guar gum

Objective: Several diseases are reported to be uncommon in those parts of the world where dietary fiber intakes are high, therefore, in this study; we evaluated the hypocholesterolemiceffects of a dietary fiber (guar gum) in hypercholesteromic rats. Materials and Methods: Rats were fed high-fat or a normal fed diet for 12-week then treated with 5% guar gum in their regime during a 28 days peri...

Reduction of serum cholesterol in hypercholesterolemic rats by Guar gum

Effect of dietary cholesterol on plasma cholesterol concentration.

One hundred and sixty eight subjects participated in a randomised crossover study to determine whether halving or doubling the present dietary cholesterol intake from eggs had any influence on blood cholesterol concentration in people following current dietary recommendations. During the first eight weeks all participants were advised to follow a reduced fat diet (26% total energy for hyperlipi...