American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 30, 171-175, Copyright © 1977 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

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Effect of citrus pectin on blood lipids and fecal steroid excretion in man

RM Kay and AS Truswell

Citrus pectin (15 g/day) was added for 3 weeks to metabolically controlled diets in nine subjects. Pectin was consumed with fruit and sugar as a gel in divided doses with meals. Plasma cholesterol concentrations were reduced by a mean of 13% (P less than 0.001). Fecal fat excretion increased by 44% (P less than 0.001); neutral steroids by 17% (P less than 0.001) and fecal bile acids by 33% (P less than 0.02). Plasma triglyceride levels did not change.

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