Eating oats in your diet provides a wide range of important health
benefits. With a bit of cold milk and chopped banana or made into
porridge, oats are a delicious and healthier alternative to packaged
cereal.
The main benefits of eating oats are found in their insoluble and soluble fibre. Insoluble fibre’s cancer-fighting properties take on certain bile acids in the stomach and reduce their toxicity. Oats can also lower cholesterol without lowering HDL (high-density lipoprotein is good) cholesterol. LDL (low-density lipoprotein) is bad; HDL is good. Soluble fibre also slows down the digestions of bad sugars so you’ll avoid sharp rises in your blood-sugar levels you would usually find with a sugary cereal. Apart from cholesterol and digestion benefits, oats are also a good source of vitamin E, zinc, iron and magnesium, which are beneficial to your skin, vitamin absorption and energy. With so many cereals to choose from on the supermarket shelf, oats are a simple option with so a number of benefits.
