1. What is Benecol®?
2. What is cholesterol?
3. From where does cholesterol originate?
4. From where does cholesterol come into the digestive tract?
5. How does Plant stanol ester work?
6. Why is elevated LDL cholesterol undesirable?
7. Why is Plant stanol ester added to food products?
8. Where does the Plant stanol ester come from?
9. How much does Plant stanol ester reduce blood LDL cholesterol levels?
10. How can I know if my cholesterol level is too high?
11. What are the recommended levels for LDL, HDL and total cholesterol?
12. Is my blood cholesterol level constant?
13. Are Benecol® products suitable for everyone?
14. How will I know that Plant stanol ester is working?
15. When and how should I use Benecol® products?
16. Can I use Benecol® products at my own initiative?
17. Is there any long-term safety and efficacy data available for Benecol® products?
18. Can I take Benecol® products with cholesterol-lowering medication?
19. What happens if I eat less than the recommended daily intake of Benecol® products?
20. What if I don't use Benecol® products every day?
21. How can I achieve a sufficient daily intake of plant stanols?
22. Is the cholesterol lowering effect of Benecol® products sustained over long periods of time?
23. What happens if I stop eating Benecol® products?
24. Does Plant stanol ester get absorbed from the digestive tract?
25. Does Plant stanol ester have any side-effects?
26. Why do Benecol® products need to be consumed as part of healthy diet?
27. Can my cholesterol drop too much by eating Benecol® products?
28. Does Plant stanol ester affect blood vitamin levels?
29. Can I use Benecol® products as a dietary tool to maintain my blood cholesterol at healthy levels?
30. How can I be sure that Benecol® products work the same way in every country?
31. What does the new nutrition and health claim legislation in European Union mean for the consumer?
32. Why health claim approvals are needed by the European Commission?
33. Are there different types of health claims?
34. What is the difference between a nutrition claim and a health claim?
35. What is a disease risk reduction claim for food?
36. What does the disease risk reduction claim for the cholesterol lowering ingredient in Benecol® products say?
37. It is written in the packaging: "Coronary heart disease has multiple risk factors and altering one of these may or may not lower the risk". What does this mean?
38. What is coronary heart disease?
39. Why is reducing cholesterol, a risk factor for CHD, so important?
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