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The majority of the LDL cholesterol that’s in the bloodstream starts in the liver. It gets transported to the digestive tract, where it is reabsorbed into the bloodstream. Cholesterol acts like the cooking grease of the digestive tract – similar to how grease in a frying pan helps break food down and extract nutrients into the overall mixture, cholesterol helps break food down and extract nutrients out of food for transport into your bloodstream. Your digestive tract absorbs all the nutrients you eat from food, but sometimes it also absorbs cholesterol along with it.

Cholesterol is helpful “cooking grease” inside your digestive tract, but when it gets absorbed in your bloodstream, it can become dangerous. In other words, cholesterol that is helpful in your digestive tract is not helpful in your bloodstream.

Vegetables have nutrients, vitamins, and fiber that are vital to many processes of the body, not just the absorption of cholesterol. You should still consume a balanced, healthy diet that incorporates vegetables. Prevalip was designed to lower LDL cholesterol levels, not to replace vegetables in the diet.

Yes, you can take Prevalip in addition to cholesterol-lowering statin medications, as these work in different ways. Both Prevalip and statin medications can lower your cholesterol, although they treat different areas of cholesterol’s journey inside the body. Taking both will further lower your cholesterol, so it’s important to talk to your doctor about plant sterol supplements if you are taking a statin medication to make sure you still retain some necessary cholesterol in the body.

Statin medications reduce the amount of cholesterol your liver produces. The less cholesterol your liver produces, the less cholesterol gets into the bloodstream.

The difference between statin medications and Prevalip is that esterified sterols from plants and fiber reduce the amount of cholesterol you absorb from your digestive tract into your bloodstream, while statin helps reduce the amount of cholesterol made by the liver.

Taking both a statin and plant sterol supplement reduces the amount of cholesterol that enters your bloodstream in two different ways: reducing cholesterol production in the liver, and reducing cholesterol absorption from your digestive tract. Taking plant sterol supplements allows your body to reap the benefits of cholesterol in the digestive tract while lowering its absorption in the bloodstream.

Depending on your health history, cholesterol level, and other risk factors, your doctor may recommend taking plant sterols in addition to statin medicine. But even if you don’t take statin medication, if you fit the risk assessment for coronary heart disease or have a family history of heart disease, you should consider incorporating plant sterols in your regular routine, as they are part of a healthy, balanced diet for all people.

Yes, plant sterol supplements are safe for most individuals. They have been widely used for many years and have been shown to be well-tolerated by most people. In the rare cases of sitosterolemia and short bowel syndrome, you should talk to your doctor before starting any plant sterol treatment.

Plant sterols are an important part of a healthy diet for all people, and the recommended daily dosage of 2 grams is difficult to achieve through vegetables and fruit alone. Supplements may be beneficial for individuals with elevated cholesterol levels, as well as those with a family history of heart disease or high cholesterol. If you are taking a statin medication, your doctor may prescribe plant sterols to further lower your cholesterol naturally.

Better focus on the most notable ones that can be easily understood by many. One of the most notable changes after adopting a high-vegetable diet or taking plant sterols is more regular bowel movements and softer stool.

Side effects are rare, but may include nausea, indigestion, and loose stool, as detailed above. These adverse effects are usually mild, if present at all.

Plant sterols are an important part of our diet and don’t have demonstrated side effects to taking more than the recommended dose of 2 grams per day.