The botanical name for oats.\u00a0 Avena sativa extracts are often added to “male enhancement” and testosterone-boosting bodybuilding supplements, due to claims that they reduce SHBG (sex-hormone binding globulin) and increase libido.\u00a0 Unfortunately, there is zero credible science behind these claims.<\/p>\n
Nonetheless, oat extracts have therapeutic uses.\u00a0 Oats are rich in beta-glucan: a soluble fiber that can help reduce serum cholesterol and improve postprandial glucose\/insulin response<\/a>.\u00a0 Oats also contain polyphenolic compounds known as “avenanthramides”, which have antioxidant<\/a> and anti-inflammatory activity<\/a>.\u00a0 Avenathramides may also increase nitric oxide (NO) production<\/a> (which would lend credence to the aphrodisiac claims), although this has not been confirmed by studies in animals or humans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The botanical name for oats.\u00a0 Avena sativa extracts are often added to “male enhancement” and testosterone-boosting bodybuilding supplements, due to claims that they reduce SHBG (sex-hormone binding globulin) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[125,145,146,168,199,635,718,875,921],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}