Plant Sterols: A Simple Way to Lower Cholesterol
Early in my career as a dietitian, I faced a common problem. I was working in medical centres and seeing clients who would be bulk billed, so their session was free of charge. When I would ask “what are we looking to do today?” I would often get a response along the lines of “I have high cholesterol and my doctor said I should come see you. I don’t really think I’ll get much out of this, but they told me to come anyway.” Obviously giving standard nutrition advice to reduce cholesterol would not really cut it. Advice that is…