Product Description

Rice is a plant. The outer layer of the grain (bran) and the oil made from the bran are used for medicine. Rice bran oil is popular as a healthy oil in Japan, Asia, and particularly India. Be careful not to confuse rice bran with other forms of bran such as oat and wheat bran.



Rice bran is used for treating diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, alcoholism, obesity, and AIDS; for preventing stomach and colon cancer; for preventing heart and blood vessel (cardiovascular) disease; for strengthening the immune system; for increasing energy and improving athletic performance; for improving liver function; and as an antioxidant.



Rice bran oil is also used for high cholesterol.



Some people apply rice bran directly to the skin for an allergic skin rash called eczema (ectopic dermatitis).



How does it work?



Rice bran might help lower cholesterol because the oil it contains has substances that might decrease cholesterol absorption and increase cholesterol elimination. One of the substances in rice bran might decrease calcium absorption; this might help reduce the formation of certain types of kidney stones.





POSSIBLY EFFECTIVE FOR:



    High cholesterol, when added to a reduced-fat diet. Following a low-fat diet and taking *5 grams of full-fat rice bran per day seems to lower total cholesterol by 8% and bad low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol by *4%. Rice bran does not seem to affect other blood fats such as triglycerides or good high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol. Taking *1.8 grams of rice bran in a reduced-fat form doesnt work as well. Both full-fat and reduced-fat rice bran work about as well as oat bran for reducing high cholesterol.



    Rice bran oil also seems to be effective for high cholesterol. There is some evidence that rice bran oil can reduce total cholesterol by *4%, LDL by *0%, triglycerides by *0%, and increase HDL by *1%.

    Preventing kidney stones in people with high levels of calcium.

    Allergic skin rash (atopic dermatitis).

    Preventing stomach cancer.





POSSIBLY INEFFECTIVE FOR:



    Preventing cancer of the colon (bowels) or rectum.





INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE FOR:



    Diabetes.

    High blood pressure.

    Alcoholism.

    Weight loss.

    AIDS.

    Strengthening the immune system.

    Increasing energy.

    Enhancing athletic performance.

    Improving liver function.

    Preventing heart and blood vessel disease.

    Other conditions.



More evidence is needed to rate the effectiveness of rice bran for these uses.



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