Ask the doctor: Is CholestOff safe to take for someone who has had breast cancer?
According to the latest national guidelines on cholesterol, eating two grams of plant sterols or stanols a day can lower LDL by 6% to 15%. You can get this amount from foods fortified with sterols and stanols, such as some brands of margarine, yogurt, orange juice, granola bars, and even tortilla chips. Or you can get it from supplements such as CholestOff — four caplets of CholestOff deliver 1.8 grams.
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