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Gregg M. Koval, MD
Atlanta, Ga

JAMA. 1992;268(8):985-986.

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To the Editor.—Cooper et al¹ have recently reviewed the variations and practical utility of blood lipid measurements and have suggested that oat bran has only a modest cholesterol-lowering effect, and that dietary fiber grain supplements reduce cholesterol levels mainly because they replace dietary saturated fats. They base their conclusions primarily on a publication by Swain et al²; however, additional studies have since examined the relationships between dietary fiber, diet, and blood lipids, and have concluded that the cholesterol-lowering effects of fiber are not strictly a function of dietary substitution.^3-5

Anderson et al³ studied 20 hypercholesterolemic men in the metabolic ward who were randomly allocated to either oat bran or wheat bran for 21 days after a 7-day control-diet period. Control and treatment diets were designed to be identical in energy content and nutrients, and differed only in the amount of soluble fiber. Oat bran significantly decreased . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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