Your Aunt Gladys Has a Family History of Heart Disease

Multiple Choice

Your aunt Gladys has a family history of heart disease.She decides to begin eating a bowl of oatmeal every morning to help lower her blood cholesterol.After about a month of following this routine,her cholesterol declined about 5 points.Which of the following is the most likely explanation for this effect?

A) Oatmeal is a low-fat food and inhibits the body's synthesis of cholesterol
B) Oatmeal is high in complex fibers that inhibit cholesterol-synthesizing enzymes
C) Oatmeal consumed on a regular basis suppresses the craving for high-cholesterol foods
D) Oatmeal is high in soluble fibers that trap bile,causing the body to use more cholesterol for bile replacement