Why is oatmeal "heart healthy"?!


Question: why is oatmeal always specifically touted as heart healthy? what about it helps lower cholesterol? is eating oatmeal for two meals a day [along with another meal with protein and veggies] healthy? i have high cholesterol and love oatmeal, i just don't understand WHY...


Answers: why is oatmeal always specifically touted as heart healthy? what about it helps lower cholesterol? is eating oatmeal for two meals a day [along with another meal with protein and veggies] healthy? i have high cholesterol and love oatmeal, i just don't understand WHY...

"Oatmeal contains soluble fiber, which reduces your low-density lipoprotein (LDL), the "bad" cholesterol. Soluble fiber is also found in such foods as kidney beans, brussels sprouts, apples, pears, psyllium, barley and prunes.

Soluble fiber appears to reduce the absorption of cholesterol in your intestines. Gel-like soluble fiber binds bile (which contains cholesterol) and dietary cholesterol so that the body excretes it.

Five to 10 grams of soluble fiber a day decreases LDL cholesterol by about 5 percent. Eating 1.5 cups of cooked oatmeal provides 4.5 grams of fiber



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