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- THE WEEK, Page 21HEALTH & SCIENCEOats: The Final Word?
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- A major study finds that oat bran does indeed reduce cholesterol
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- 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.
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