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  • noun Plural form of stanol.

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Examples

  • A better option: the newer vegetable spreads made with plant stanols.

    The Small Change Diet Keri Gans 2011

  • Manufacturers now add stanols or sterols to other foods, including Benecol and Take Control margarines, and Minute Maid Premium Heart Wise orange juice.

    4 nondrug ways to lower your cholesterol 2010

  • A better option: the newer vegetable spreads made with plant stanols.

    The Small Change Diet Keri Gans 2011

  • Manufacturers now add stanols or sterols to foods, including Benecol and Take Control margarines, and Minute Maid Premium Heart Wise orange juice.

    Consumer Reports Insights: Statins are potent drugs, but they carry risks Post 2010

  • Manufacturers now add stanols or sterols to foods, including Benecol and Take Control margarines, and Minute Maid Premium Heart Wise orange juice.

    Consumer Reports Insights: Statins are potent drugs, but they carry risks Post 2010

  • For patients who want a cholesterol-lowering margarine, he says, Johnson & Johnson's Benecol is a better choice because it contains plant stanols, which also block cholesterol but aren't absorbed into the body.

    Snake Oil in Your Snacks 2010

  • For patients who want a cholesterol-lowering margarine, he says, Johnson & Johnson's Benecol is a better choice because it contains plant stanols, which also block cholesterol but aren't absorbed into the body.

    Snake Oil in Your Snacks 2010

  • Each of the following can lower LDL by up to 10 percent: two to three daily servings of soy protein; two daily servings of plant stanols or sterols, found in products such as Benecol and Take Control margarine; and plenty of fiber, especially from oat bran, psyllium, and barley.

    How to feel better without taking drugs 2010

  • Each of the following can lower LDL by up to 10 percent: two to three daily servings of soy protein; two daily servings of plant stanols or sterols, found in products such as Benecol and Take Control margarine; and plenty of fiber, especially from oat bran, psyllium, and barley.

    How to feel better without taking drugs 2010

  • For patients who want a cholesterol-lowering margarine, he says, Johnson & Johnson's Benecol is a better choice because it contains plant stanols, which also block cholesterol but aren't absorbed into the body.

    Snake Oil in Your Snacks 2010

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