Did cheerios really lower your cholesterol?

Question

why?

Answer 1

Didn't work for me.... =(

of course, I didn't eat them morning, noon and night.... I like variety in my meals.

Answer 2

There is no way a grain product will lower cholesterol, especially when you put any sort of milk product on it to make it edible. That is just an advertising ploy that they cannot prove or disprove. I guess it works because more people are buying the cereals than ever before. Cholesterol is made in the body to the demands of the body. It is not raised or lowered by foods. The body requires a certain amount of cholesterols to function properly and makes it itself to suit its demands. Why do you suppose no one ever reports on lower cholesterol levels when taking the high dollar big pharma pills? They do not work! No one ever gets off them no matter how they change their diet or how long they take the pills or how many different ones they try.

Answer 3

Natural Cholesterol Guide?

Answer 4

Yes, because of the oats and whole grains that is in it. It can Help lower it. I also eat oatmeal, which helps. Liver makes it go up. Which I don't like anyway.

How do Whole Grain Oats Work to Help Lower Cholesterol?
Nutrition researchers have some ideas. Soluble fiber in whole grain oats can form a gel in your digestive system, which may bind cholesterol and take it out of the body. By lowering your cholesterol, you may lower your risk of heart disease. That's good news for you and your family!

Here is a study they did on it:

Description of Subjects and Criteria
135 men and women, ages 40-70 years, with mild to moderate elevated blood cholesterol (average LDL cholesterol levels of 130-190 mg/dl and mean triglycerides not exceeding 300 mg/dl) participated in a 12-week randomized, double-blind clinical trial.

Study Summary
All participants followed the NCEP Step One diet (30% calories from fat, 10% calories from saturated fat and less than 300 mg of cholesterol) for 6 weeks. Following this pre-treatment period, participants were randomly assigned to either a treatment group or a control group.

In the 6-week intervention, all participants continued on the Step One diet.
The treatment group ate a total of 3 ounces of Cheerios; 1-1/2 ounces twice a day. Three ounces of whole grain oat Cheerios provides 3 grams of soluble fiber. The control group ate 3 ounces of cornflakes, containing no soluble fiber. The diet otherwise remained stable.

Compared to the control group, participants in the treatment group lowered their total cholesterol an average of 9.1 mg/dl (3.8%). Additionally, LDL (bad) cholesterol and Apolipoprotein B levels decreased an average of 6.7 mg/dl (4.2%) and 5.7 mg/dl (4.6%) compared to baseline values. Cheerios did not significantly affect HDL (good) cholesterol, body weight or calorie intake.

Answer 5

I think the original cheerios are low in fat and calories...but they taste like cardboard....if I'm eating cheerios, it's either with a lot of sugar or i buy the honey nut kind. :)

Answer 6

The test was done by Quaker Oats and it only involved people who consumed large ammounts of fried foods especially in the morning. They took them off all fried foods, compleatly changed their diet and made them eat cheerios. So you decide how honest it was.

Answer 7

No because I dont eat cheerios.

Answer 8

I don't eat cheerios.

Answer 9

Yes it does if you eat it on a regular basis.

Answer 10

Yes, but not much