LIPOPHYTOL®-P PHYTOSTEROL

Water Dispersible Form of Pine Tree Sterols

Microencapsulated technique applied
Approved by EFSA and FDA authorities
Has health claims approved by the European Commission
Helps to reduce LDL blood cholesterol
Reduce risk of cardiovascular disease ^{8, 9}>

Reference:

Párraga I, López-Torres J, Andrés F, et al. Effect of plant sterols on the lipid profile of patients with hypercholesterolaemia. Randomised, experimental study. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2011;11:73. Published 2011 Sep 12. doi:10.1186/1472-6882-11-73 at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3180270/
Laitinen K, Gylling H. Dose-dependent LDL-cholesterol lowering effect by plant stanol ester consumption: clinical evidence. Lipids Health Dis. 2012;11:140. Published 2012 Oct 22. doi:10.1186/1476-511X-11-140. At: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3543226/
A Report from the Data Collection and Exposure Unit of the European Food Safety Authority. Consumption of Food and Beverages with Added Plant Sterols in the European Union. The Efsa Journal (2008) 133, 1-21. At: https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.2903/j.efsa.2008.133r#:~:

Atherosclerosis damage test indicated that Lipophytol®-P was the most effective in protecting the mice arteries from the harmful effects of the high fat diet.

Reference:

Weingärtner O, Lütjohann D, Ji S, et al. Vascular Effects of Diet Supplementation With Plant Sterols. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Apr, 51 (16) 1553–1561.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2007.09.074. At: https://www.jacc.org/doi/abs/10.1016/j.jacc.2007.09.074
Volger OL, Mensink RP, Plat J, Hornstra G, Havekes LM, Princen HM. Dietary vegetable oil and wood derived plant stanol esters reduce atherosclerotic lesion size and severity in apoE*3-Leiden transgenic mice. Atherosclerosis. 2001;157(2):375-381. doi:10.1016/s0021-9150(00)00750-4. At: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11472737/