%0 Journal Article
%T Effect of Daily Consumption of <i> Lactobacillus reuteri </i> CRL 1098 on Cholesterol Reduction in Hypercholesterolemic Subjects
%A Agustina Malpeli
%A Mar&iacute
%A a P&iacute
%A a Taranto
%A Ricardo C. Cravero
%A Marina Tavella
%A Victoria Fasano
%A Dimas Vicentin
%A Guillermina Ferrari
%A Graciano Magrini
%A Elvira H&eacute
%A bert
%A Graciela Font de Valdez
%A Ana M. Varea
%A Julio M. Tavella
%A Horacio F. Gonz&aacute
%A lez
%J Food and Nutrition Sciences
%P 1583-1590
%@ 2157-9458
%D 2015
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/fns.2015.617163
%X The effect of daily consumption of a yogurt containing <em>Lactobacillus reuteri </em>CRL 1098 on the lipid profile of hypercholesterolemic subjects was evaluated by performing a prospective, randomized, double-blind, cross-over placebo controlled clinical study. Participants consumed daily a yogurt containing<em> L. reuteri</em> CRL 1098 or a placebo for four weeks, separated by a wash-out period. Total cholesterol, triacylglycerol, high-density (HDL) and low-density (LDL) lipoprotein levels were assessed at the beginning and at the end of each period. We found a statistically significant reduction of total (<span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:;\" \"=\"\">¨C</span>7.86 g/dl) and LDL (<span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:;\" \"=\"\">¨C</span>7.02 g/dl) cholesterol in absolute changes (before-after) as well as a decreasing trend in the group receiving the yogurt containing<em> L. reuteri</em> with respect to the placebo group, without detecting changes in HDL-cholesterol and triacylglycerol levels. Our results suggest that low amounts of yogurt (125 g/day) and low doses of the CRL 1098 strain (10<sup>6</sup> CFU) are sufficient to reduce total and LDL-cholesterol levels in hypercholesterolemic subjects.
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%K Lactobacillus reuteri &lt
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%K Hypercholesterolemia
%K Cardiovascular Risk
%K Probiotics
%K Functional Foods
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=62121