Oat Beta Glucan 70%

Beta glucan is a type of  water soluble fibre found in oats, as well as barley. It is recognised for being effective in maintaining healthy cholesterol levels due to the viscous layer it forms in the small intestine.This viscous layer is believed to not only reduce the uptake of dietary cholesterol, but it is also thought to help reduce re-absorption of bile acids. As bile acids are made from cholesterol, the body needs to to draw upon the pool of circulating cholesterol to produce new bile acids when bile acids are excreted. It is this lower uptake of cholesterol from the gut, combined with more bodily cholesterol being used to produce bile acid, that is thought to help with the reduction of cholesterol circulating in the blood.