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IT'S THE DIET, STUPID: It's just as good as drugs for reducing cholest
Cholesterol-lowering drugs may cause cancer, a possibility that doctors and regulators would have been aware of had they read the research properly.
* Diet as good as drugs for reducing cholesterol
The Food and Drug Administration, the American drugs regulator, has admitted that plant sterols in oils, viscous fibres (oats and barley) and almonds can all reduce cholesterol.
