It works by reducing the amount of cholesterol made by the liver and by helping the body remove fats from the blood.

It works by reducing the amount of cholesterol made by the liver.

Sitostanol blocks both the cholesterol from food and the cholesterol made by the liver from entering the body.

In contrast, plant-based foods contain no cholesterol and, in various other ways, help to decrease the amount of cholesterol made by the body.

Lipoprotein LDL particles, which carry fats (including the fat cholesterol made by every human cell) within the water/plasma portion of the blood stream, are absorbed into the artery wall, past the endothelium lining, some of the LDL-lipoprotein particles become oxidized and this attracts macrophages that eat the particles.