Re: Effect of Oat Soluble Fiber on Lipids

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Hi folks:

From Wikipedia on beta-glucan in oats:

" The percentages of beta-glucan in the various whole oat products

are: oat bran, greater than 5.5% and up to 23.0%; rolled oats, about

4%; whole oat flour about 4%. "

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oat

Rodney.

--- In , " Rodney " <perspect1111@...>

wrote:

>

> Hi folks:

>

> Selected excerpts from the abstract of PMID 17414591:

>

> OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of bread formulated with 6 g

of

> beta-glucan (oat soluble fiber) on serum lipids in overweight

> normotensive subjects with mild to moderate hypercholesterolemia.

>

> RESULTS: There was a significant increase (27.8%) in plasma HDL

> cholesterol in the beta-glucan group from 39.4 +/- 2.0 to 49.5 +/-

> 2.1 mg/dL (P < 0.001), but there was no change in the other group.

>

> Plasma low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol also decreased

> significantly in both groups, however the beta-glucan fortified

diet

> was significantly more effective (27.3% vs. 16.8%; P < 0.04).

>

> The beta-glucan diet also produced higher reduction in total

> cholesterol/HDL cholesterol ratio (33.3% vs. 8.4%; P < 0.003) and

LDL

> cholesterol/HDL cholesterol ratio (42.1% vs. 13.3%; P < 0.001) than

> the diet without beta-glucan.

>

> The beta-glucan diet also decreased fasting plasma glucose (P <

0.4),

> whereas the other diet had no effect. Both diets reduced body

weight

> and BMI significantly, with the beta-glucan diet having a greater

> effect.

>

> Rodney.

>