Protecting Your Heart Naturally: The Story of Plant Sterols and CardioAid®

Keeping our hearts strong is vital for long-term wellness, yet maintaining healthy cholesterol levels remains a constant battle. While many seek natural ways to support heart health without relying solely on prescriptions or drastic lifestyle changes, daily diet alone falls short.

Plant sterols—natural compounds in vegetable oils, nuts, and seeds, help lower LDL cholesterol, but typical food intake is far too low to produce meaningful benefits.

That is where CardioAid® from ADM comes in.

CardioAid® is a highly purified, science-backed family of plant sterols derived from vegetable oils. Specifically designed for easy incorporation into functional foods, beverages, and dietary supplements, it can also work safely alongside cholesterol medications like statins for added LDL reduction.

How CardioAid® Works

When you eat, cholesterol heads toward the enterocytes in your gut for absorption. CardioAid® plant sterols step in as structural analogs or “look-alikes”:

1. Plant sterols race to compete directly with cholesterol for absorption sites in the enterocytes.
2. CardioAid® “crowds out” dietary cholesterol, blocking a significant portion from entering circulation.
3. The unabsorbed cholesterol passes safely out of your body as waste.
4. Less cholesterol enters your bloodstream, naturally lowering overall serum total and LDL (“bad”) cholesterol.

Because plant sterols only block cholesterol absorption in the digestive tract, internal production of HDL (“good”) cholesterol remains completely untouched.

The Official Health Claim

In Malaysia, products may carry the approved health claim:

‘Plant sterols or plant stanol or plant sterol ester help reduce cholesterol.‘

With certain conditions such as:

• Min. 0.4g per serving in “free basis” form
• Amount of plant sterol or plant stanol or plant sterol ester in a “free basis” form to be added in food shall not exceed 3 g per day.

Clinical Study:
A 1-year study showed that a daily intake of 1.6g plant sterols led to 4% and 6% reduction in total and LDL cholesterol, respectively. The study reported no adverse effects, confirming the long-term safety of daily plant sterol consumption.

Contact us to know more about CardioAid®.