Oat Fiber Increases Intestinal Viscosity, Lowers Cholesterol

Oat Fiber Increases Intestinal Viscosity, Lowers Cholesterol

SAN DIEGOConcentrated oatfiber (as OatVantage, supplied by Nurture Inc.) increases intestinalviscosity and reduces cholesterol, according to new research presented at theExperimental Biology 2005 Conference in San Diego in April.

The study, conducted by Daniel D. Gallaher, Ph.D., of theUniversity of Minnesota, found concentrated oat fiber has 18 times more solublefiber than cooked and uncooked oats, toasted oat cereal or cooked oat bran, andhigher intestinal viscosity than cooked oats (by 50 percent), toasted oat cereal(by 70 percent), uncooked oats (by 83 percent) and cooked oat bran (by 202percent). Concentrated oat fiber also lowered cholesterol by 29 percent.