Science Explains What Happens To Your Body When You Eat Oatmeal Every Day

Aug 15, 2018

While oatmeal is great for a snack here and there, to take full advantage of these benefits, it's better to eat it every day.

It’s a well-known fact that oatmeal is good for you. It has become quite the popular health food as of late. It's full of fiber and contains an exclusive ingredient called avenanthramide. There are many benefits of avenanthramide; for one, it has anti-inflammatory properties, and it can also keep your blood pressure at a healthy and stable range. Even more, it can help with skin irritation. While oatmeal is great for a snack here and there, to take full advantage of these benefits, it's better to eat it every day.

Everyone could use a little more help when it comes to losing weight. Oatmeal can do just that. According to a study published in 2009 by Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, what makes this delicious grain help you lose weight is a special little compound that is known as β-glucan. This compound causes an increase in cholecystokinin, which is a hormone linked to appetite suppression and eventually weight loss. Appetite reduction is a key step in weight loss.

In North America, heart disease is deadly. In fact, it’s one of the top causes of death. Lowering blood pressure will reduce the risk of developing heart disease. In a study published by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, they found that the effects of a high whole-grain diet are just as effective as taking anti-hypertensive medication when trying to lower blood pressure.

Sugar crashes happen very often; chances are you’ve had one yourself. Good thing you have oatmeal, because it lowers the chances of this happening. This is due to the fact that oatmeal is high in fiber, and the sugar is released more slowly into the bloodstream. Basically, this means that oatmeal has a low glycemic index. A study by the Journal of Clinical Nutritionsays that a low glycemic diet is associated with less insulin resistance and it also lowers the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, and even metabolic syndrome.

Oats also help digestion, and everyone can benefit from digesting food better. The British Journal of Nutrition says that oats can really play a big part in improving satiety, digestion, and the overall quality of your diet. It makes you feel fuller, and that gives your body more time to digest quicker. Because most people eat fast, they don’t know when they’re full and tend to overeat, hurting digestion.

Oats are high in fiber, and it turns out that more fiber can lower your risk of developing colorectal cancer. In research published in The BMJ by Britain and Netherland researchers, around two million people were evaluated to see if a high fiber diet is linked to a lower risk of colorectal cancer. What they found was that an extra 10 grams of fiber a day can reduce the risk of developing colorectal cancer by 10%.

Going back to the wonderful antioxidant called avenanthramide, it can lower inflammation while also boosting the production of nitric oxide, which prevents arteries from hardening. Antioxidants do more than just that, though. They also protect your cells from free radicals. Free radicals are bad, they increase the risk of cancer and heart disease. According to Nutrition and Cancer, avenanthramides decrease the spread of colon cancer cells.

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