The Hypocholesterolemic Effects of β-Glucan-Reply
Abstract
In Reply.
—The issues raised by Drs Sacks and Swain have been addressed in the "Results" and "Comment" sections of our article. Our objective was to determine if a dose-response relationship exists for the hypocholesterolemic effects of oat cereals rich in the water soluble fiber β-glucan. We did not isocalorically control for the higher doses of the oat cereals; however, we believe that our study supports an independent...