Question 1

what are plant sterols? how can they be used to lower cholesterol?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Plant sterols are substances that are naturally found in plant foods, including fruits, vegetables and vegetable oils, nuts and seeds.Plant sterols look a lot like cholesterol. They work by preventing the body from absorbing cholesterol in the intestine.

Question 2

i have high cholesterol, i don't want to take drugs. heard with diet plant sterols can help, like cholestoff by nature made. are they safe?

Accepted Answer

LDL: Please go to framingham risk calculator (http://cvdrisk.nhlbi.nih.gov) and calculate risk for having heart disease within next ten years. If risk is greater than 7.5% American expert panels recommend considering a statin medication.  European experts do not consider statins until your risk is much higher - 20%. The other agents you are discussing do not have the same benefit as statins.

Question 3

are plant sterols gummies safe to take daily to help lower my cholesterol along with healthy diet? "i do not want to take drugs and need help!

Accepted Answer

Contradiction in: terms. Plant sterols are drugs of unproven usefulness, but you do not want to take other drugs of proven effectiveness! Given that you have diabetes, it is imperative that you control your blood lipids, if that requires taking statins, what is your objection?
For good health - Have a diet rich in fresh vegetables, fruits, whole grains, milk and milk products, nuts, beans, legumes, lentils and small amounts of lean meats. Avoid saturated fats. Drink enough water daily, so that your urine is mostly colorless. Exercise at least 150 minutes/week and increase the intensity of exercise gradually. Do not use tobacco, alcohol, weed or street drugs in any form. 
Practice safe sex, if you have sex.

Question 4

have high cholesterol, scared to take statins due to diabetes risk in women from drug,is this a real risk,is there a safer way to lower, like sterols?

Accepted Answer

Need more info: How high is your cholesterol? What other risk factors, if any, do you have? How likely are you be compliant with a rigorous dietary regimen? It would be prudent to consult your doctor and may be a nutritionist to see if diet and exercise would work for you.
For good health - Have a diet rich in fresh vegetables, fruits, whole grains, milk and milk products, nuts, beans, legumes, lentils and small amounts of lean meats. Avoid saturated fats. Drink enough water daily, so that your urine is mostly colorless. Exercise at least 150 minutes/week and increase the intensity of exercise gradually. Do not use tobacco, alcohol, weed or street drugs in any form. 
Practice safe sex.

Question 5

i take a supplement w/ plant sterols & stanols to lower cholesterol. read online those ingredients can increase height. any truth to that in adults?

Accepted Answer

Unlikely: Once growth plates fuse at the end of puberty, linear growth stops. Adults grow taller under only very very rare circumstances!  Good posture and exercise with stretching can maximize a person's height potential, but new growth does not really occur.

Question 6

can sterols interfere with fasting cholesterol blood test? i take plant sterols supplements,1000mg at breakfast and 1000mg capsule at evening dinner.the day before cholesterol blood test should i take breakfast capsule but leave evening as fasting?

Accepted Answer

: Plant sterols can interfere with cholesterol assay depending on the method used for the test. What do you think you are getting by taking plant sterols, other than getting a lighter wallet?

Question 7

can my father take plant sterols and fish oil with his pravastatin and aspirin?? he has high cholesterol and essential thrombocytosis

Accepted Answer

Sure: The benefit of these things is not clear. He does need to let his physician know what he is doing

Question 8

can you please explain why cholesterol is important for your health and the function of your body?

Accepted Answer

Basis for hormones: Cholesterol is the basic molecule that is used to make many other necessary hormones such as estradiol, dhea, cortisol, aldosterone and many others.
Cholesterol is also a vital component in cell membranes.

Question 9

does the human body naturally produce small ldl particles? why or what are the functions of small ldl cholesterols in the human body?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Ldl-cholesterol is important for the transport of cholesterol in the blood.  Small dense particles still transport cholesterol, they are just more prone to be deposited in arterial walls compared to the lighter, less dense particles.

Question 10

can you please describe the effects on the body and the symptoms of high cholesterol?

Accepted Answer

Cholesterol: There are no symptoms to high cholesterol. Elevated cholesterol leads to atherosclerotic vascular disease.

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I have high cholesterol, i don't want to take drugs. heard with diet plant sterols can help, like cholestoff by nature made. are they safe?

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Are plant sterols gummies safe to take daily to help lower my cholesterol along with healthy diet? "i do not want to take drugs and need help!

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Have high cholesterol, scared to take statins due to diabetes risk in women from drug,is this a real risk,is there a safer way to lower, like sterols?

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I take a supplement w/ plant sterols & stanols to lower cholesterol. read online those ingredients can increase height. any truth to that in adults?

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Can sterols interfere with fasting cholesterol blood test? i take plant sterols supplements,1000mg at breakfast and 1000mg capsule at evening dinner.the day before cholesterol blood test should i take breakfast capsule but leave evening as fasting?

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Can my father take plant sterols and fish oil with his pravastatin and aspirin?? he has high cholesterol and essential thrombocytosis

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Can you please explain why cholesterol is important for your health and the function of your body?

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Does the human body naturally produce small ldl particles? why or what are the functions of small ldl cholesterols in the human body?

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Can you please describe the effects on the body and the symptoms of high cholesterol?

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