CASE STUDY: BENECOL MARGARINE. From: Nutrition Action Healthletter | Date: April 1, 1999 | COPYRIGHT 1999 Center for Science in the Public Interest. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Active Ingredient: Stanol esters, which are extracted from pine tree pulp.

The Promise: Benecol lowers cholesterol.

Does It Work? In a well-designed study sponsored by the Finnish company that developed the margarine, 102 people with mildly elevated cholesterol (235 or higher) who ate three pats of Benecol every day for a year lowered their cholesterol by an average of ten percent.(1) Cholesterol didn't fall in 51 people who were given a similar margarine without stanol esters.

The Controversy: Last December, Benecol's U.S. distributor, McNeil Consumer Products (a ...

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