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- <text id=92TT1515>
- <title>
- July 06, 1992: Oats:The Final Word?
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
- July 06, 1992 Pills for the Mind
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- THE WEEK, Page 21
- HEALTH & SCIENCE
- Oats: The Final Word?
- </hdr><body>
- <p>A major study finds that oat bran does indeed reduce cholesterol
- </p>
- <p> A major report in the Journal of the American Medical
- Association ought to be the last word on whether oat bran
- really lowers blood cholesterol. The bottom line, based on a
- survey of previous studies: it does, but by an average of just
- 2% to 3%. Still, a 1% reduction nationwide could lead to a 2%
- drop in deaths from heart disease. The biggest reduction occurs
- in people with the highest cholesterol levels, but bran alone
- probably won't do much for couch potatoes who eat a high-fat
- diet. That's only so-so news for the Quaker Oats Co., which
- sponsored the report.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
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