testing Oat Fiber Lowers Cholesterol in Healthy Individuals and People with Diabetes

If there is a box of oat bran languishing in your cupboard, it could be time to dust it off and knock it open. A new analysis of 28 randomized controlled trials shows that oat fiber significantly lowers LDL (“bad”) cholesterol and total cholesterol in healthy individuals and in people with diabetes. Published this month in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition…

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