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Article: Clinical Study: Cheerios Can Help Reduce Cholesterol.(Clinical report)
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- Food & Beverage Close-Up
- Article date:
- April 20, 2009
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Research presented at the Experimental Biology Meeting revealed Cheerios can help lower cholesterol by 10 percent in one month.
The study, which was conducted and presented by Provident Clinical Research, found that eating two 1 1/2 cup servings of Cheerios daily, as part of a reduced calorie diet low in fat, lowered LDL or "bad" cholesterol about 10 percent in one month. Cheerios said it is the only leading ready-to-eat cereal clinically proven to lower cholesterol.
"We monitored the diets of study participants for 12 weeks, and a clinical evaluation of their cholesterol levels showed coupling Cheerios with a reduced calorie diet significantly helps ...