Effect of Oat Soluble Fiber on Lipids

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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.