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FOUNDED IN SCIENCE

Below is a selection of studies addressing plant sterols

The benefits of sterols are factual.

 

Leading health organizations including the Mayo and Cleveland Clinics support the consumption of plant sterols for Better Health.

 

(See Research Sources below.)

Student Behind the Books

PLANT BASED SUPPORT

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.119.012865

SUPPORTS HEALTHY CHOLESTEROL LEVEL

Benefits of Phytosterols

https://www.livestrong.com/article/26224-benefits-phytosterols

Mayo Clinic

https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(11)63144-3/abstract

Cleveland Clinic

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/17368-phytosterols-sterols--stanols

WebMD

https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-939/beta-sitosterol

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SUPPORTS CARDIAC HEALTH

 

Australian Heart Foundation

https://www.heartfoundation.org.au/healthy-eating/food-and-nutrition/fats-and-cholesterol/plant-sterols

 

Functional Foods Fact Sheet: Plant Stanols and Sterols

 

https://foodinsight.org/functional-foods-fact-sheet-plant-stanols-and-sterols/

 

SUPPORTS PROSTATE HEALTH

 

Beta-Sitosterol Plant Extract – University of Wisconsin Health

 

https://www.uwhealth.org/health/topic/special/beta-sitosterol-plant-extract/ug1904spec.html

 

​​​​​COLLAGEN SUPPORT

 

Topical application of vitamins, phytosterols and ceramides. Protection against increased expression of interstital collagenase and reduced collagen-I expression after single exposure to UVA irradiation

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18528670

​SUPPORTS LIVER FUNCTION

 

Protective Role of Plant Sterol and Stanol Esters in Liver Inflammation: Insights from Mice and Humans

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0110758

 

 

 

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