Editing Probiotic (section)

===Cholesterol===
A 2002 meta-analysis that included five double-blind trials examining the short-term (2–8 weeks) effects of a yogurt with probiotic strains on serum cholesterol levels found little effect of 8.5&nbsp;mg/dL (0.22&nbsp;mmol/L) (4% decrease) in [[total cholesterol]] concentration, and a decrease of 7.7&nbsp;mg/dL (0.2&nbsp;mmol/L) (5% decrease) in serum [[LDL]] concentration.<ref>{{Cite journal |vauthors=Agerholm-Larsen L, Bell ML, Grunwald GK, Astrup A |year=2002 |title=The effect of a probiotic milk product on plasma cholesterol: a meta-analysis of short term intervention studies |journal=European Journal of Clinical Nutrition |volume=54 |issue=11 |pages=856–860 |doi=10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601104 |pmid=11114681 |doi-access=free}}</ref>