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By Jennifer Moll, About.com Guide to Cholesterol since 2004

Phytosterols May Help Potato Chips Become More Cholesterol-Friendly

Saturday May 19, 2007
Researchers at Brandeis University may have found a preparation method in potato and tortilla chips that may help in lowering cholesterol levels. In this method, the scientists fried chips in oil loaded with phytosterols. As a result of this study, patients eating the chips found their total and LDL cholesterol levels to drop on an average of 10%.

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