Cooked Rolled Oats for Diet Eating
Rolled oats are flattened oats that have been crushed or have had the husks removed that is used to make oatmeal.
Since they are hard to chew when raw, they must be soaked and cooked for a few minutes.
A busy person who doesn’t have lots of time to lose by just cooking healthy meals will surely benefit with rolled oats.
It only needs less time to prepare yet it contained great amount of nutrients needed by any people.
If you wanted it to be crunchy, you can immediately serve it after cooking for about five minutes but if you liked it to be soft and easy to ingest, cook it for about 20-25 minutes.
Cooking rolled oats
Cooking organic rolled oats is best for any people like kids, mommies, daddies and even babies.
- They can eat this food for this is healthy.
- You may try to eat this as your breakfast and enjoy eating it for snack.
- Adding milk to your oatmeal will surely give you different kind of taste of it, for we know that rolled oats taste bland.
Nutrients found in rolled oats include (based on USDA National Nutrient Database):
• Carbohydrates -which primary role is to provide energy to sustain our daily activities.
• Dietary fiber -contains soluble and insoluble fiber used in processing foods in the digestive tract; for effective and efficient metabolism.
• Phosphorus -helps in the chemical process of carbohydrates, fats and protein.
• Vitamin E -plays as an antioxidant.
• Protein -for building muscles, repairing body tissues and to fight against germs.
• Iron -to produce hemoglobin in red blood cells and to transport oxygen.
• Thiamine (Vitamin B1) -helps to process carbohydrates into glucose which result is energy for the body.
• Antioxidants properties (avenanthramide) -reduce the risk of arterial disease such as arteriosclerosis caused by cholesterol oxidation.
• Beta-glucan – a soluble fiber which aids in regulating the blood sugar level.
Health Benefits
Rolled oats are suitable for diabetic patients and this is a good choice to add it to their diets.
Rolled oats are low in sugar which diabetic individuals must really observed in choosing foods to eat.
It has the ability to reduce the bad cholesterol while increasing the good cholesterol in the bloodstream.
Eating this reduce the risk of heart disease which is now indeed an alarming medical condition.
This is also good for individuals who were on a diet to prevent obesity. Consuming it everyday will definitely give you a healthy body.
