title: Dietary fiber, lipids and atherosclerosis.
abstract: Dietary fiber has important hypocholesterolemic effects and may reduce risk for coronary artery disease. Careful clinical studies indicate that foods such as oat bran or beans, rich in water-soluble fiber, can decrease serum total cholesterol by 19% while decreasing serum low density lipoprotein cholesterol by 22%. Food supplements rich in soluble fiber such as psyllium mucilloid are well tolerated and may lower serum cholesterol by 15%. Thus, high fiber foods or soluble fiber food supplements may decrease serum cholesterol by 15% to 19% and decrease estimated risk for coronary heart disease by greater than 30%.
authors.affiliation: Medical Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky 40511.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000178:diet therapy*; D004043:Dietary Fiber / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002523:Edible Grain; D007887:Fabaceae; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000178:diet therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D010946:Plants, Medicinal