Among the fats it contains, 80% are unsaturated fatty acids (good fats), and the content of linoleic acid is also very high, which can play a role in lowering blood pressure, lowering cholesterol, and reducing the chance of heart disease. Oats in the phosphorus, iron, calcium and other minerals in the content of all grain crops in the first place; vitamin E content is much higher than rice, wheat; soluble cellulose content of 6%, is 7 times that of rice and wheat.
In addition, oats have other cereals lack of saponins.
These nutrients make it laxative, prevent intestinal cancer, and improve sleep. Nutritional experiments have also proved that eating oats can regulate blood sugar. Eating 100 grams of oatmeal per meal is very effective in controlling the sharp rise in blood sugar after meals and preventing diabetes.
Cereal is oats, barley, wheat, buckwheat, corn, rice and other cereals as the main raw material made of ready-to-eat or heated food.
Currently on the market, cereal, according to the different main ingredients, cereal is divided into pure cereal and mixed cereal.
Pure cereals are crushed cereals in form, basically no other ingredients are added, and will give off a light natural wheat flavor.
Pure cereal is free of sugar and salt, retaining most of the nutrients in the cereal ingredients, and is especially suitable for the elderly, diabetics, and people with high blood lipids and blood sugar.
Mixed cereals are usually added with milk powder, soybean powder, walnuts and almonds. Milk powder and soybean meal effectively supplement the protein content of pure cereal, walnuts, almonds contain oil will greatly increase the energy intake, suitable for children and teenagers and the energy needs of the people to eat. And oatmeal is different from cereal.
Pure oatmeal is flat, about the diameter of a soybean kernel, and has a full shape.
Instant oatmeal that has been processed has a crumbly feel, but the original shape is still visible.
Oats are highly viscous when cooked and have a hypolipidemic, hypoglycemic and satiating effect. The same amount of oats cooked out of the more viscous health effects.