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# Meet the Flora pro.activists: Afternoon Tea with Flora pro.activ
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## Broadcaster Gloria Hunniford invites the Flora pro.activists to celebrate
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their reduced cholesterol levels. Mike Pattenden joins them
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![Time for tea: Gloria, centre, Jayne, left, and Sheila enjoy tea in the
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library][1]
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Time for tea: Gloria, centre, Jayne, left, and Sheila enjoy tea in the library
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11:38AM BST 23 May 2011
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'It looks very tempting but I'm going to stick to the sandwiches,' says Gloria
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Hunniford, eyeing a neatly stacked cake stand filled with teacakes, scones and
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colourful macaroons.
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Dressed in a polka-dot dress and cream jacket, Gloria is taking tea in the
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cosy library at the Charlotte Street Hotel, London, with two of Flora's most
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dedicated pro.activists, Sheila Robson and Jayne Pickard. The two Yorkshire
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ladies have journeyed to the capital to meet the veteran broadcaster and share
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their story as a reward for the success they've had in reducing their
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cholesterol and spreading the message.
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Gloria Hunniford switched to Flora pro.activ four years ago when she took a
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cholesterol test and discovered her level was high - any score more than five
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is cause for concern.
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'I was surprised because I've always been reasonably health- conscious, but
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raised cholesterol can be a problem. There are no obvious symptoms. I agreed
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to give Flora pro.activ a try, and used the drinks - you only have to have one
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mini drink a day to get the recommended daily amount, or you could use the
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spread, which is just two teaspoons, three times a day - actually, these
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sandwiches here, have the spread in. I also upped my exercise with the drink
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and my cholesterol dropped to 5.2.
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'It was really instructive for me. I was aware of heart issues because my
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husband had suffered a heart attack. He had altered his diet, but his test
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result was high,' says Gloria. 'He also took Flora pro.activ, containing plant
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sterols, with me, and saw his level drop, too, to 4.2.*'
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Gloria's experience is typical of most people's: it's a complete surprise to
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discover your cholesterol is high. Sheila, 59, a mother-of-two from York, had
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no idea.
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'I came across the subject while I was on the internet,' she says, cradling
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her tea cup. 'It struck a chord because my husband had brought it up just a
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few days before. We had our cholesterol tested and we were astounded to find
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we were both relatively high. It seems silly you don't know about something as
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important as this but there are no signs, so you don't give it any thought.'
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'And the thing about you, Sheila,' interjects Gloria, 'is that no one could
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guess you had high cholesterol. You're very trim. You look like you do
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everything right. You don't overeat, do you?'
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'No, I don't,' agrees Sheila. 'That's why I was so surprised.'
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Sheila started using Flora pro.activ spread and made rapid strides in lowering
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her cholesterol.
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'I just used the spreads instead of butter. It was easy. My result is still
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going down, and I plan to keep on using them. I wouldn't dream of stopping
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now.'
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Jayne, 51, a housewife from Howarth, was also alarmed to find she had high
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cholesterol.
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'I investigated my family's health history, which suggested I might have high
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cholesterol and this was a wake-up call. So I went to have my cholesterol
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tested and it confirmed it was above a healthy level. I'm not as active as I
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could be, I have back problems, so it was no surprise.
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'I opted for the Flora pro.activ mini drinks - raspberry and pomegranate
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flavour is my favourite. It tastes lovely; I have it with my main meal. I also
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cut down on red meat and increased my exercise - I make sure I walk the dog
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twice a day and my cholesterol level has now dropped to 5.2.'
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Like Gloria, Sheila and Jayne are now spreading the message about the benefits
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of Flora pro.activ.
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'Friends keep asking me why I was going to London to have tea with Gloria and
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I tell them, "Because of cholesterol,"' says Sheila, refilling her cup. 'I'm
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spreading the news to everyone at work and all my friends and family. And when
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they ask, "Does it really work?" I can tell them honestly, "Yes, it does."'
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'I'm a big fan of Gloria. So it was a bonus for me to find she was involved,'
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says Jayne. 'Now, I'm telling everyone about it.'
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'Meeting Jayne and Sheila brings the facts to life,' Gloria nods. 'You can see
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it working for real and making a difference. When I say my level has dropped
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so many people assume it's a set up because I'm on TV, but it's not, and these
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women are proof of that.
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'There's a fact I found about the plant sterols** used in Flora pro.activ
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products. They have been shown to reduce cholesterol, but you'd have to eat
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420 tomatoes, or 150 apples or 210 carrots to get the amount of plant sterols
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in one little pro.activ drink or three portions of spread, so that shows the
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convenience of it.'
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Finally, she relents and reaches for a scone. 'I think I can indulge in one of
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these if the spread's Flora pro.activ. The whole point is if you choose
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carefully, you can still have a treat.'
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Sheila and Jayne tuck in, too, celebrating their lower cholesterol and better
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heart health.
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_***As heart disease has multiple risk factors, you may need to improve more
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than one to reduce your overall risk. **_
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_****The plant sterols in Flora pro.activ can lower cholesterol in three weeks
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by 7-10 per cent. The effect can increase to 15 per cent by moving to a
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healthy diet and lifestyle.**_
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** **
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**For more success stories, tips, recipes and information on how Flora
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pro.activ can help lower cholesterol, visit [www.floraproactiv.co.uk][2]**
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## [Flora pro.activ][8]
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### [How to boost your heart health][13]
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Cholesterol facts
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### [Cholesterol levels in men and women][17]
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[![Vince and Anna Bertolone are both using Flora pro.activ to help keep their
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cholesterol levels down. ][18] ][17]
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We all need low cholesterol but men and women differ. Here's how anyone can
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make a change.
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### [Fighting family cholesterol history][19]
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[![If you have a family history of high cholesterol, taking preventative steps
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such as exercising and eating Flora pro.activ can help to keep your heart
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healthy. ][20] ][19]
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A family history of high cholesterol doesn't mean you can't take steps to keep
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your heart healthy.
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[1]: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01898/FLORA_1898032c.jpg
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[2]: http://www.floraproactiv.co.uk
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[11]: /sponsored/health/flora-pro-activ/8303652/Flora-pro.activ-Time-for-
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[13]: /sponsored/health/flora-pro-activ/8303720/Flora-pro.activ-How-to-
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boost-your-heart-health.html
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[16]: http://http://www.floraproactiv.co.uk/
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[17]: /sponsored/health/flora-pro-activ/8303804/Flora-pro.activ-Lowering-
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cholesterol-in-men-and-women.html
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[18]: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01819/couple_1819084e.jpg
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[19]: /sponsored/health/flora-pro-activ/8303946/Flora-pro.activ-Fighting-
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family-cholesterol-history.html
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[20]: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01819/family_1819129e.jpg
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