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Oats and barley. It lowers LDL through bile-acid binding, which is one of the few food claims with regulatory approval on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Oats and barley. It lowers LDL through bile-acid binding, which is one of the few food claims with regulatory approval on both sides of the Atlantic.

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