What are plant sterols

Plant sterols occur naturally in fruit, vegetables and vegetable oils.

Click here for more specific information about the precise content of plant sterols in fruit, vegetables and vegetable oils.

An average Western diet contains between 80 and 300 mg of plant sterols a day. Vegetarians have a daily intake of approximately 500 mg a day.

This is not enough for a healthy cholesterol level. The American government recommends 2000 mg of plant sterols a day.

The daily quantities of fruit, vegetables and vegetable oils –to ensure that you are getting the required intake levels of plant sterols essential to a healthy cholesterol level- are too high though.

Today, there is Zerochol. Each tablet contains no less than 800 mg of plant sterols.