Zinc intake and plasma zinc level are maintained in men consuming cholesterol-lowering diets.

What Was Tested

This randomized controlled trial looks at Zinc and Diet.

This study examined whether such diets compromise the zinc status of men with hypercholesterolemia.

Why It Was Studied

Data were analyzed using two sample t tests, multiple linear regression, and analysis of variance.

Zinc status does not appear to be at risk in adult men who adopt cholesterol-lowering diets.

Who Took Part

According to the abstract, 24 subjects were involved.

PubMed indexes the participants as adults and middle-aged adults, men only.

Dietary fiber intake, supplement use, alcohol intake, and exercise were evaluated as possible confounding variables.

How the Study Was Run

The design is described as randomized.

Random assignment meant chance, not the researchers, decided who got Zinc and who got the comparison, which limits bias.

What Was Measured

Data were analyzed using two sample t tests, multiple linear regression, and analysis of variance.

Topics PubMed links to this paper include Alcohol Drinking, Analysis of Variance, Cholesterol, Cholesterol, Dietary, Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic, Diet and Diet, Fat-Restricted.

What This Means in Plain Language

The paper is a randomized study of Zinc and Diet in 24 subjects.

With fewer than 40 people, it is a small study, so it is better read as an early signal for further research than as a settled answer.

Results are reported in around 3 sentences of the abstract; we leave them to the paper itself rather than summarise them.

The publication is from 1995 (Journal of the American Dietetic Association), a journal based in United States.

More context: the related Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc library page, all human trials.