Greater Decrease In LDL Levels Found In Diets Combining Cholesterol-Lowering Foods Than In Low Saturated Fat Diets

Assuming this, i.e., lowering LDL-C, is important, so what?

As if people are going to follow this diet in droves.

A new study, published in the August 24/31 issue of JAMA, has found that a diet combining foods with cholesterol-lowering properties can reduce levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) more effectively than a low saturated fat diet.

Two groups of people with high cholesterol were studied over a course of 6 months, one group was counseled to follow a diet consisting of cholesterol-lowering foods, such as nuts, plant sterols and soy protein, whilst the other group was counseled to follow a low-saturated fat diet. What they found was that the group following a diet combining cholesterol-lowering foods achieved a greater reduction in levels of LDL-C.

Not to mention the falling off the wagon effect as time passes.

Simply put, there are better approaches.

They are found here.