A new study 24 patients by members of the Clinical Nutrition and Risk Factor Modification Centre of St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto has found that the addition of monounsaturated fat to a cholesterol-lowering dietary portfolio in patients with mild to moderate elevated cholesterol levels increased HDL by 12.5 percent and lowered LDL levels by 35 percent.
They found significant reductions in blood cholesterol levels over the two month study period for participants.
In my (non-medical) opinion anything that offers an alternative to swallowing pills containing statins has to be a good thing and investigated further. Doctors are too ready to prescribe statins as a panacea to reduce cholesterol to the magic level. And, from the incidents I know of, why do they always start at the strongest 40 mg. level.
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