Word: oat
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Better medical treatment and health education for African Americans could reduce the black-white mortality gap by an estimated 60%. "We have a whole segment of our population dying unnecessarily, and we're worried about whether to eat oat-bran or wheat-bran muffins," fumes Dr. David Ansell, director of ambulatory screening at Chicago's Cook County Hospital. "It's the medical equivalent of Marie Antoinette's saying 'Let them eat cake...
...permanent evacuation. Perhaps, they say, dioxin was not such a serious threat after all. This kind of waffling only reinforces public skepticism about the credibility of scientists, who seem to change their mind with bewildering regularity whether the subject is the danger of dioxin or the benefits of oat bran...
Latest Immortality Elixir Not so long ago, the secret ingredient to lower cholesterol was oat bran, which proved to be no more or less magical than low- fiber grains. In 1990 health nuts got hooked on canola oil, which is made from rapeseed. Enough! cried Julia Child. "If fear of food continues, it will be the death of gastronomy in the United States...
...American health-food hit parade is a fickle thing. Not long ago, oat bran zoomed to the top of the charts because of its putative ability to lower cholesterol. It quickly fell back when it was found to work no better than other low-fiber grains. Margarine was considered a golden oldie on the basis of its zero cholesterol count until last summer, when it was discovered that one of the ingredients in the stick form could increase the risk of heart disease. Now there is a new contender on the playlist: canola...
...munchables were whisked off supermarket shelves by their manufacturer when the FDA judged the claims to be false. Just last month, the agency warned six food companies, including Health Valley Foods, Select Origin and Ralston Purina, to remove cholesterol-reducing claims from a variety of packaged foods, ranging from Oat Chex cereal to Rice Bran...