It's not clear whether food with plant sterols or stanols reduce your risk of heart attack or stroke, although experts assume that foods that reduce cholesterol do reduce the risk. Plant sterols or stanols don't appear to affect levels of triglycerides or of high-density lipoprotein (HDL), the good cholesterol.tudies have shown that whey protein given as a supplement lowers both LDL and total cholesterol. You can find whey protein powders in health food stores and some grocery stores. Follow the package directions for how to use them.
1 The 1st and 2nd posterior intercostal arteries arise from the supreme intercostal artery, a branch of the costocervical trunk of the subclavian artery. 2  The lower nine arteries are the aortic intercostals, so called because they arise from the back of the thoracic aorta.
Gross anatomy. The anterior division of the twelfth thoracic nerve, called the subcostal nerve, is larger than the other intercostal nerves. It runs along the lower border of the twelfth rib. It may give off a communicating branch to the first lumbar nerve and the iliohypogastric nerve.he subcostal nerve can also be considered as the twelfth intercostal nerve. Some authors describe it as the first branch of the lumbar plexus.