Cholesterol lowering diets and coronary heart disease. Advice should now be to increase intake of vegetable oils and fish

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M F Oliver. BMJ. 1998.

. 1998 Oct 31;317(7167):1253.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.317.7167.1253.

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Cholesterol lowering diets and coronary heart disease. Diet alone substantially reduces cholesterol in hypercholesterolaemia.
Evans DW. Evans DW. BMJ. 1999 Apr 3;318(7188):945. doi: 10.1136/bmj.318.7188.945a. BMJ. 1999. PMID: 10102884 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Cholesterol lowering diets and coronary heart disease. Farmed and wild fish may have different effects.
Bhopal R. Bhopal R. BMJ. 1999 Apr 3;318(7188):945. BMJ. 1999. PMID: 10232908 No abstract available.

Systematic review of dietary intervention trials to lower blood total cholesterol in free-living subjects.
Tang JL, Armitage JM, Lancaster T, Silagy CA, Fowler GH, Neil HA. Tang JL, et al. BMJ. 1998 Apr 18;316(7139):1213-20. doi: 10.1136/bmj.316.7139.1213. BMJ. 1998. PMID: 9552999 Free PMC article.

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