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Figure 8

From: Dietary supplementation with phytosterol and ascorbic acid reduces body mass accumulation and alters food transit time in a diet-induced obesity mouse model

Figure 8

Fecal output from animals switched to a high fat diet for 72 hours after 17 weeks of chronic exposure to a high fat diet with or without phytosterol or ascorbic acid. 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 3g chow and average daily fecal output of 300 mg). Chronic exposure to phytosterol supplements in the diet resulted in a significant decrease in fecal output when additives were withdrawn (n = 7; ANOVA followed by a post-hoc Dunnett's Method).

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Lipids in Health and Disease

ISSN: 1476-511X