Oat Bran and Increased Fecal Output

• A diet rich in oat bran improves blood lipids and hemostatic factors, and reduces apparent energy digestibility in young healthy volunteers.

  • 2011-06-08
  • RCT · n = 24
  • European journal of clinical nutrition 65(9)
  • • M Kristensen
    • S Bügel

  • PubMed: 21654701
  • DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2011.102

  13 Insights on

  • Increased Fecal Output

  • High evidence
  • Rigorous Journal
  • Adults

  Fecal volume and dry matter were greater when consuming the oat bran diet compared with the control (P<0.001)

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  102 g/day (6 g soluble fiber/day)