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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

bran outer coat of a cereal grain—e.g., wheat, rye, and corn—mechanically removed from commercial flour and meal by bolting or sifting. Wheat bran is extensively used as feed for farm animals. Bran is used as food for humans (in cereals or mixed with flour in bread) to add roughage (i.e., cellulose) to the diet. It is also used in dyeing and calico printing. ... Read more

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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English

bran / bran / • n. pieces of grain husk separated from flour after milling.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology

bran XIII. ME. bran , bren — (O)F. bran , † bren bran, (now) excrement, filth; of unkn. orig.

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	A BRAN-NEW FOOD FAD Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 9/10/1988; ; 557 words ; Oat bran. Everyone's eating it. Everyone's talking...people are asking: "Am I getting enough oat bran in my diet?" "How can I get more?" "Do I...certain death is massive quantities of oat bran consumed on a daily basis. In the pursuit... Read more
	Oat bran: new reports have not changed dietary advice. Magazine article from: Environmental Nutrition; 3/1/1990; ; 700+ words ; Oat Bran: New Reports Have Not Changed Dietary Advice Don't purge the cupboards of oat bran products in response to the news that the miracle...lowering of blood cholesterol from eating oat bran. Other studies involving larger numbers of subjects... Read more
	New Studies: Oat Bran Can Cut Cholesterol; Findings Counter Earlier Report Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 4/10/1991; ; 700+ words ; Oat bran's reputation as a cholesterol fighter, exalted...reduction of almost 16 percent among some oat bran eaters, is being reported in today's issue...food fads in years. The new consensus on oat bran does not go as far as before in celebrating... Read more
	Oat Bran's Claims Weakened;No Major Role Found in Curbing Cholesterol Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/18/1990; ; 700+ words ; Oat bran, one of the biggest health food fads of the...food in recent years-that the fiber in oat bran somehow reduces the level of artery-clogging...England Journal of Medicine, the reason oat bran lowers cholesterol is simply that people... Read more
	The next wave of high-fiber grains: can the bran from rice and corn really fight high cholesterol? (News You Can Use: Health) Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report; 5/22/1989; ; 700+ words ; HEALTH * Can the bran from rice and corn really fight high cholesterol? Oat bran, the reigning star of highfiber diets, could shortly be upstaged. Several recent studies hint that rice bran and corn bran may share with oat bran the ability... Read more
	Raisin bran achieves a Total victory. Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 9/5/1999; ; 590 words ; Raisin bran is the understated member of a breakfast club...sensible, healthy combination of raisins and bran flakes doesn't need much hype to sell itself. Kellogg's introduced its Raisin Bran in 1942 and has dominated the market ever since... Read more
	Getting the best of the breakfast bran bunch. Magazine article from: Environmental Nutrition; 9/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; You've narrowed your cereal choices to those with bran. Now the choosing should be easy, right? Better take a second look. There are traditional grains like oat bran and wheat bran, or new cereals with flaxseed or psyllium thrown in... Read more
	Full-Fat Rice Bran and Oat Bran Similarly Reduce Hypercholesterolemia in Humans Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 5/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; Full-Fat Rice Bran and Oat Bran Similarly Reduce Hypercholesterolemia in Humans1,2 Ann L. Gerhardt3...increase dietary soluble fiber as part of hyperlipidemia treatment. Rice bran contains minimal soluble fiber, but rice bran oil has a hypolipidemic... Read more
	Extrusion Conditions Modify Hypocholesterolemic Properties of Wheat Bran Fed to Hamsters Magazine article from: Cereal Chemistry; 3/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ABSTRACT Wheat bran was extruded in a twin-screw extruder at...compared with those of unprocessed wheat bran when fed to four-week-old male golden Syrian...lower with 0.120 kWh/kg extruded wheat bran diet compared with the unextruded wheat... Read more
	Hot on the Heels of Oat Bran; Studies Show Rice and Corn Moderate Cholesterol Too Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 4/11/1989; ; 700+ words ; Move over, oat bran. Here come the new heart-protective brans...quest for lower cholesterol turn to rice-bran and corn-fiber muffins and cereals. At...based on new studies showing that both rice bran and corn fiber appear to have cholesterol-loweri... Read more

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	Oat bran. (part 2; includes related information) Newspaper article from: Nutrition Action Healthletter; 7/1/1989
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	NutraCea Files a Provisional Patent on Its Technology to Stabilize Wheat Bran Technology Applicable to Other Cereal Brans and Oil Seeds. Newspaper article from: BIOTECH Patent News; 1/1/2008

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