Cereal-Based Snack Bar with Added Plant Stanol Ester (Benecol®) Consumed between Meals Lowers Serum Total and LDL Cholesterol Effectively in Mildly to Moderately Hypercholesterolemic Subjects
Table 3
Energy and nutrient intakes1 from background diet during the run-in and intervention in the study groups.
Nutrients
Placebo group
Stanol group
Run-in
Intervention2
Run-in
Intervention2
Energy (KJ)
7604 ± 1518
7021 ± 1679
7669 ± 2002
6949 ± 2217
Carbohydrates (g/d)
198 ± 50
180 ± 53
201 ± 64
174 ± 62
Protein (g/d)
81 ± 19
72 ± 16
82 ± 25
78 ± 29
Fat (g/d)
70 ± 20
67 ± 21
69 ± 20
66 ± 24
Dietary fiber (g/d)
25.3 ± 7.2
23.5 ± 8.4
23.8 ± 8.1
20.2 ± 6.4
Cholesterol (mg/d)
264 ± 105
229 ± 114
252 ± 126
221 ± 147
Energy distribution
Carbohydrate (%)
44.2 ± 7.4
43.7 ± 8.0
44.3 ± 6.1
42.6 ± 6.8
Fat (%)
34.9 ± 6.9
35.9 ± 7.2
34.7 ± 6.5
35.7 ± 6.5
SAFA
12.5 ± 3.4
12.0 ± 3.3
12.6 ± 3.3
12.9 ± 3.6
MUFA
11.9 ± 3.0
12.8 ± 3.5
12.1 ± 3.1
12.7 ± 3.3
PUFA
6.0 ± 1.5
6.9 ± 2.3
6.0 ± 2.1
6.4 ± 1.9
Protein (%)
18.3 ± 3.3
17.7 ± 2.5
18.2 ± 3.1
19.1 ± 3.5
are means ± SD. Not statistically tested. . Nutrients derived from test snack bars were not accounted in the nutrient calculation concerning background diet.
