High cholesterol:

It's great to hear that some commercial health products actually do live up to their hype. One reader found the solution to her high cholesterol in the chilling cabinets of her supermarket. She reduced her cholesterol from 8.4 to 7.5 in less than 3 months just by taking Benecol, a range of "cholesterol-lowering" spreads and yoghurts.

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