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Article: Novel Program Demonstrates Significant Public Health Benefit; Benecol Helps Promote Healthy Cholesterol Levels in Three Major U.S. Cities.
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- July 7, 1999
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FORT WASHINGTON, Pa., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading community health organizations in Charlotte, N.C., Cleveland, OH, and Portland, OR, involved in an innovative program aimed at promoting healthy cholesterol levels today reported achieving average reductions of LDL or "bad cholesterol" levels ranging from 10% to 15% in participants with elevated cholesterol levels. Participants saw reductions within two weeks of starting the four-week program.
The program, which involved 300 adults, combined traditional education and meal planning discussions with a new element, the addition to the diet of Benecol(R), the cholesterol-lowering margarine-like spread introduced in ...