HEALTH : Researcher Hails Rice Bran Oil

Rice bran oil has the unique ability to lower harmful cholesterol levels up to 30% without reducing the so-called good cholesterol that protects against heart attacks, a researcher said today.

Tests with animals show that rice bran oil can even raise good cholesterol at the same time it produces these dramatic drops in harmful cholesterol, said biochemist Robert Nicolosi, director of the Division of Cardiovascular Research at the University of Lowell in Massachusetts.