A morning bowl of oatmeal can give you benefits towards heart health, including lowering your cholesterol.
Studies also have shown that oatmeal has some heart-healthy benefits.
Over the years, manyresearch studieshave provenoatmeal’s benefitsin lowering cholesterol levels.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is convinced.
Oatmeal seems to be most effective in lowering LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol) levels.
According to the studies in adults,LDL cholesterolmay be lowered by 10 percent in some cases.
The cholesterol-lowering benefits of oatmeal are also dose-dependent.
That is, the more oatmeal you eat, the lower your cholesterol will go.
Although oatmeal is helpful in lowering cholesterol, some of the ingredients placed in oatmeal may not be.
These includebutter, chocolate, whole milk, and cheese.
They are still considered to be a whole grain.
You must also be careful when buying packaged flavored instant oatmeal to note the ingredients.
These forms often include sugar and flavorings which you may not want.
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