Letters
Cholesterol lowering margarine is effective
BMJ 1999; 319 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.319.7218.1200 (Published 30 October 1999) Cite this as: BMJ 1999;319:1200
- Gilbert R Thompson, emeritus professor of clinical lipidology (gthompso@rpms.ac.uk)a
- Metabolic Medicine, Division of Investigative Science, Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London W12 0NN
- a GRT is a part time medical consultant to McNeil Consumer Nutritionals, distributors of Benecol products in Europe
EDITOR—Van Heyningen suggests that a margarine containing plant stanol ester (Benecol) may not lower low density lipoprotein cholesterol concentration in people with a fat modified diet.1 He presents no evidence of his own for this assertion but cites a study by …