Oatmeal has long been a favorite Breakfast for millions of people.
Canadian experts in the field of healthy nutrition of St Michael’s Hospital have found why oats should be considered a superfood. Eating oatmeal regularly not only reduces cholesterol, but also provides protection against heart attack.
Oatmeal has long been a favorite Breakfast for millions of people, especially in the winter months. And now researchers in Canada have found new evidence of the benefits of oats on human health. Has long been established that it reduces the risk of high cholesterol and heart disease, but all previous studies have focused on how the oats fights “bad” cholesterol, clogging the arteries.
A team of researchers from Canada found evidence that two other important factors in oats provide a greater reduction in the risk of heart attack. This so-called non-HDL cholesterol represents cholesterol minus the whole “good” part of the lipoprotein that carries “bad” cholesterol in the blood. Assessment of this indicator is especially useful for victims of type II diabetes and metabolic syndrome, as these patients are generally not observed high levels of “bad” cholesterol.
Studies have shown that eating oat fiber reduces the rate of this marker. The fact that oats contain beta-glucans – a type of soluble fibre that slows the absorption of carbohydrates by the bloodstream. This prevents sharp spikes in blood sugar and keep insulin under control. Their findings of the canadian scientists have made based on the analysis of 48 clinical trials involving nearly 4,000 people from around the world.
For the first time scientists looked at non-HDL cholesterol and apoB (the only apolipoprotein of low-density lipoprotein, the carrier of “bad cholesterol” that causes the accumulation of cholesterol in the walls of blood vessels), and a positive effect was achieved with a daily consumption of 3.5 g of fiber beta-glucan, which is consistent with a small bowl of oatmeal.
