"It is said that eating oats is good for cardiovascular disease, how I eat more and more seriously."
Aunt Qiu has been suffering from cardiovascular disease for many years, and it can be said that high blood lipids, high blood pressure, and high blood sugar do not fall. On weekdays, I also eat well when I take medicine, and the three highs are also well controlled.
But the death of Aunt Qiu's husband has always been a knot in her heart.
Aunt Qiu's husband, like Aunt Qiu, also suffers from three highs, and usually controls it well, but last year he died of a sudden cerebral infarction, so Aunt Qiu has always been very worried that she will do the same, so she pays special attention to her body on weekdays. Three months ago, Aunt Qiu heard that oatmeal could help treat cardiovascular disease, so she quit her staple food and began to eat oatmeal every day.
After three months, aunt Qiu finished eating the medicine in her hand, went to the hospital for a review, but did not know, a check frightened, Aunt Qiu's blood lipids not only did not come down, but rose, and was warned by the doctor to quickly control the diet, the oatmeal on the hand should not eat again.
Aunt Qiu was puzzled, wasn't oatmeal rated as the healthiest grain? Why does it also cause blood sugar to rise?
In daily life, we often eat cereals such as rice, corn, etc., but the intake of oats is relatively small, but the American "Time" magazine has selected "the world's top ten healthy foods", including oats. The reason for this is mainly due to the rich nutrients in oats.
Oats contain linoleic acid components, which can reduce excess cholesterol in the body after entering the body, and can play a good adjuvant treatment effect for some patients suffering from fatty liver, diabetes and other metabolic diseases. And it can also promote gastrointestinal peristalsis and prevent constipation.
However, it is worth noting that the starch and water contained in oats will produce gelatinization after they are touched together, so that it is easy to be absorbed and utilized by the intestine, which will lead to an increase in blood sugar, which is obviously not suitable for people with high blood sugar, and such people are recommended to fry oats to eat.
Eating oats fried can avoid the body from directly absorbing too much starch, and some excess unabsorbed starch will form short-chain fatty acids after entering the large intestine. Short-chain fatty acids can play a role in regulating blood lipids and improving intestinal health.
Surprisingly, in the above article, there are not a few examples like Aunt Qiu in life, choosing to eat coarse grains for the sake of health, but I did not expect to eat more and more seriously, what is the reason for this?
It is true that oats are relatively healthy cereals, but most of the oatmeal that can be purchased on the market can be directly chewed and eaten, or brewed and eaten, the nutritional value of these processed oats is discounted, and the β dextran content in oats will decrease after processing, the substance can improve insulin sensitivity, prevent hyperlipidemia and improve cardiovascular and cerebrovascular function, etc. The nutritional value of processed oats is far less than before processing.
And processed oats, in order to enhance the taste, often add sugar, oil, flavor and other substances, these substances are not healthy, long-term intake of this oats is difficult to achieve good health care effects.
In addition, some oats will also be mixed with corn, wheat, rice, nuts, dried fruits and other substances, these substances contain high calories, eat more is very easy to gain weight, but also lead to blood sugar, blood pressure increase, so that oats become no longer healthy.
In simple terms, it is not recommended to eat processed oats with many additives, but should ingest sugar-free, oil-free natural oats. Of course, the taste of this oat will also be greatly reduced, but if you can stick to eating it, the benefits are also visible.
Due to the increase in health awareness, many people have begun to eat oats, so what happened to those who have eaten oats for a long time?
1, getting thinner and thinner
Oats contain very rich in dietary fiber, which can enhance satiety after consumption, reduce the intake of other foods, and are very friendly for weight loss people.
2, digestion is getting better and better
Oats are rich in fiber, which can promote intestinal peristalsis and play a digestive effect. And very "natural no side effects", it can be said that oats are intestinal scavengers, some people who are often constipated, you can try to eat oats, can play a good improvement effect.
3. Assist in blood sugar control
As mentioned above, the β dextran contained in oats can play a role in improving insulin sensitivity and, for patients with diabetes, can help lower blood sugar. And oats can be used as one of the staple foods, after eating will not let the blood sugar soar, very suitable for diabetics, there are studies found that diabetics often eat oatmeal, can reduce the amount of insulin use by 40%.
4. Supplement vitamin E
Oats are also rich in vitamin E, which can fight against excess free radicals in the body after entering the body and prevent free radicals from causing harm to the human body. Studies have shown that regularly eating oatmeal can reduce the risk of bowel cancer and breast cancer.
There are so many benefits of oats, so for some middle-aged and elderly people who suffer from three highs, can they directly use oats as the only staple food every day? Let's look down on this issue together.
Surprisingly mentioned above that oats are good for cardiovascular diseases, so can our middle-aged and elderly people with high cardiovascular incidence use oats instead of rice noodles?
Xiao Miao can say with certainty that the answer is no!
Because the nutrients contained in oats are not the same as those of rice noodles, eating only oats for a long time will lead to a single nutrient intake of the body, which is not good for health.
In addition, natural oats are very general in taste, and it is okay to eat them occasionally. Long-term consumption of oats can make people very tired, and even affect the mood of the day, feeling that eating has become unhappy. This will have some adverse effects on health in the long term.
It is recommended to eat a variety of staple foods in life, and the ratio of coarse grains and fine grains should be kept at about 4:6.
In life, there are many healthy foods, but it is not that it is enough to blindly eat only one food. A healthy eating pattern should be a variety of foods to match each other, fruits and vegetables, meat products, cereals, eggs and milk are indispensable.
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