Eli5 how does oatmeal reduce ldl cholsterol?

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I’m eating my overnight oats and just am wondering what is the actual mechanism of oatmeal that reduces lipids in blood.

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there’s an added benefit to oatmeal/oatbran besides the ones already mentioned. it absorbs the excess bile in you bloodstream and your liver has to make more. it makes bile by using the cholesterol in your blood. kind of neat

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