Just don’t overdo it, warns Dr. Blackburn. More fiber is not necessarily better, and too much can cause stomach upset, gas and diarrhea.
And what if you have no reason to assume you’re among the unlucky one in five American men with a cholesterol level in the risky zones above 200?
“I’d recommend taking psyllium anyway, [...]
All of which seem to be just what the doctors are ordering. “We encourage people to use psyllium in addition to changing their diet,” says Donald Smith, M.D., lipids and metabolism researcher at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York. “Soluble fiber really does reduce the harmful form of cholesterol, whether you get [...]
Oat bran may get all the press coverage, but psyllium is the superstar when it comes to lowering your cholesterol.
GET ME HOLLYWOOD. Time for Mary Poppins II. We get Julie Andrews. She signs. But forget that spoonful of sugar stuff. Times change. This time it’s: “A spoonful of psyllium helps the cholesterol go down…” [...]