Sentences with phrase «plant sterols called»

Several clinical trials have reported that diets that incorporate avocado may help lower levels of L.D.L., or «bad,» cholesterol, because the fruit contains plant sterols called phytosterols that compete with cholesterol for absorption in the intestines.

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And phytosterols are literally just plant derived of what are called sterol compounds.

Synthetic vitamin D or vitamin D2, produced by irradiating ergosterol (a plant - based sterol) from yeasts with ultra-violet light, was available in Dr. Price's day and often given as drops in a preparation called viosterol.

Mark: There's another option as well which is a plant based fat called sterols or sterilants.

One of the most important discoveries in the past decade is the action in the human body of various plant compounds called sterols.