Comment by Qem

So it appears oat fibers are just quite effective natural bile acid sequestrants[1]. That makes me wonder why don't we use this class of locally-acting compounds as first line cholesterol lowering treatment, instead going straight for the "bazooka" of systemic acting statins that have lots of side-effects, even affecting personality[2].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bile_acid_sequestrant

[2] https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200108-the-medications-...