Editing Oat (section)

=== Health effects ===

Regular consumption of oat products lowers blood levels of [[low-density lipoprotein]] and total [[cholesterol]],<ref name="Schoeneck Iggman 2021">{{cite journal |last=Schoeneck |first=Malin |last2=Iggman |first2=David |title=The effects of foods on LDL cholesterol levels: A systematic review of the accumulated evidence from systematic reviews and meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials |journal=Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases |volume=31 |issue=5 |date=2021 |doi=10.1016/j.numecd.2020.12.032 |doi-access=free |pages=1325–1338 |url=http://www.nmcd-journal.com/article/S0939475321000028/pdf |access-date=22 April 2025}}</ref><ref name="Whitehead-2014">{{cite journal |last1=Whitehead |first1=Anne |last2=Beck |first2=Eleanor J. |last3=Tosh |first3=Susan |last4=Wolever |first4=Thomas M.S. |title=Cholesterol-lowering effects of oat β-glucan: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials |journal=American Journal of Clinical Nutrition |year=2014 |volume=100 |issue=6 |pages=1413–1421 |pmid=25411276 |pmc=5394769 |doi=10.3945/ajcn.114.086108 }}</ref> reducing the risk of [[cardiovascular disease]].<ref name="Llanaj-2022">{{cite journal |last1=Llanaj |first1=Erand |last2=Dejanovic |first2=Gordana M. |last3=Valido |first3=Ezra |last4=Bano |first4=Arjola |last5=Gamba |first5=Magda |last6=Kastrati |first6=Lum |last7=Minder |first7=Beatrice |last8=Stojic |first8=Stevan |last9=Voortman |first9=Trudy |last10=Marques-Vidal |first10=Pedro |last11=Stoyanov |first11=Jivko |last12=Metzger |first12=Brandon |last13=Glisic |first13=Marija |last14=Kern |first14=Hua |last15=Muka |first15=Taulant |display-authors=6 |title=Effect of oat supplementation interventions on cardiovascular disease risk markers: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials |journal=European Journal of Nutrition |volume=61 |issue=4 |pages=1749–1778 |date=June 2022 |pmid=34977959 |pmc=9106631 |doi=10.1007/s00394-021-02763-1 }}</ref> The beneficial effect of oat consumption on lowering blood lipids is attributed to [[oat beta-glucan]].<ref name="Whitehead-2014"/><ref name="Llanaj-2022"/> Oat consumption can help to reduce [[body mass index]] in [[obesity |obese]] people.<ref name="Llanaj-2022"/> 

In response to the 1980s oat bran fad in the United States (described below), the [[Food and Drug Administration]] adopted a rule in 1997 that requires at least 0.75 grams of soluble fiber per serving in any product that bears a [[health claim]] associating its oat content with a reduced risk of heart disease.<ref name="US FDA-2015">{{cite web |url=http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/cfrsearch.cfm?fr=101.81 |title=Title 21--Chapter 1, Subchapter B, Part 101 - Food labeling - Specific Requirements for Health Claims, Section 101.81: Health claims: Soluble fiber from certain foods and risk of coronary heart disease |publisher=US Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration |date=1 April 2015 |access-date=10 November 2015 }}</ref>