What is the effect of a diet high in dietary fiber and how does it decrease LDL - cholesterol and serum lipids.

Running head : DIETARY FIBER AND PLASMA LIPID REDUCTION

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Professor Nutrition Implications in Complex Disease : Whole Grain Oat Cereal Lowers Serum Lipids

Introduction

Coronary heart disease , CHD , has been predicted to persist as the major cause of high mortality rate for the coming decades . In line with this the development of ischemic heart disease was attributed to the increasing level of low-density lipoprotein or LDL blood cholesterol According to the National Cholesterol Education Program or NCNEP adult treatment panel , less than or equal to 5 .17

millimole per liter (200 milligram per deciliter ) is the ideal blood cholesterol level for individuals of age higher than 20 years while higher than 6 .21 millimole per liter or 240 milligram per deciliter is risky . In connection to this , about twenty nine percent of adults older than 20 years in the United States have 6 .21 millimoles per liter blood cholesterol Meanwhile , researches have shown that consumption of dietary soluble fibers lowers blood cholesterol level as epidemiologic studies revealed that the CHD development can be alleviated by means of dietary fiber consumption . In fact , more than thirty researches that were submitted to the Food and Drug Administration of the United States by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Report validated the efficacy of soluble fiber consumption on blood cholesterol reduction Clinical studies showed that soluble fibers from selected gums psyllium , oat bran , pectin , and oats generally caused six percent to nineteen percent serum cholesterol reduction . Since the low cholesterol...