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Article: Health Claim.(diet that helps reduce risk of heart disease)(Brief Article)
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- FDA Consumer
- Article date:
- November 1, 2000
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For Foods That Could Lower Heart Disease Risk
Planning a healthier diet that helps reduce the risk of heart disease just got easier. And a little tastier. Foods containing certain plant extracts, which have been shown to reduce blood cholesterol levels, have received the go-ahead to tout their ability to lower the risk of heart disease.
In September, the Food and Drug Administration gave food manufacturers permission to put labels on foods containing plant sterol esters and plant stanol esters to indicate that they may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). As in authorizing similar health claims for soy, oat bran, and other foods, FDA based ...