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Article: Cheerios(R) Can Help Reduce Cholesterol 10 Percent in One Month.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- May 6, 2009
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Research presented today at the Experimental Biology Meeting revealed Cheerios can help lower cholesterol by 10 percent in one month (see also Clinical Research).
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 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 ...