Figure 6

Fecal output of age-matched mice after a 72-hour acute exposure to HF diets with or without supplement. As phytosterols are assumed to be 100% excreted, fecal output for animals in the PS and PSAA groups were corrected to account for the 1% of dietary intake of non-digestible phytosterol (PS accounts for ~ 10% of fecal output, based on a daily consumption of 1% of 3 g chow and average daily fecal output of 300 mg). Acute exposure to all HF diets containing supplements resulted in a significant increase in fecal output when compared to HF control (n = 7; ANOVA followed by a post-hoc Dunnett's Method).