Cereal bran, especially oat bran useful for controlling BP, cholesterol and blood glucose

There are still contradictions in the indicators of improving CMRFs by bran from different grain sources or even the same grain source. In this study, researchers investigated the effects of cereal bran consumption on CMRFs using databases like PubMed, Embase, Scopus, the Cochrane Library and Web of Science until February 2023.

The critical points of the study include:

• The present meta-analysis had 22 studies.
• Consuming cereal bran has no significant effect on high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides, waist circumference, and BMI compared to the control.
• Cereal bran consumption reduces systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and fasting blood glucose with WMD of -1.59, -1.96, -0.19, -0.21 and -0.13, respectively.
• Oat bran reduced blood lipids in individuals with a history of lipid diseases and blood pressure in patients with a history of obesity and hypertension.

Concluding, Cereal bran reduces blood pressure, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and fasting blood glucose in CMRF individuals, while oat bran had the most obvious effect.

Further reading:

https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/37482485/full_citation