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To examine the effect of intestinal contents viscosity on fecal steroid excretion independent of colonic fermentation, hamsters and rats were fed cholesterol-containing diets containing either cellulose or different viscosity grades of hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC), a non-fermentable fiber, as the dietary fiber source. HPMC feeding relative to cellulose significantly lowered plasma cholesterol...
This study examined the cholesterol-lowering properties of dietary plants sterols (PS) when consumed in a beef-based diet. Male Syrian hamsters were fed freeze-dried ground beef supplemented with maltodextrin, vegetable oil, vitamins, minerals, and soybean sterol esters at 0.0, 0.3, 1.0, or 3.0% sterol by weight of the diet. After 4 weeks, plasma and liver total cholesterol concentrations were significantly...
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