Why does oatmeal help lower cholesterol?

Oats are considered a superfood as well as a daily resource that we should all consume to take care of our health. It is good for the heart, regulates weight, improves digestion, and prevents constipation.

Great benefits of oats to reduce so-called bad cholesterol:

• Oatmeal contains soluble fiber, which is rich in lipoproteins and helps reduce the density of LDL (bad cholesterol).
• This type of fiber is similar to that found in apples, whose effectiveness in lowering cholesterol is well known.
• There is another aspect to keep in mind: not all foods that contain oats will help you lower your cholesterol. Example? Oatmeal cookies, which instead of helping you, can actually hurt because they contain a lot of sugar and saturated fat.

Ways to consume oatmeal to lower cholesterol

1. Oatmeal with green apple and cinnamon

Ingredients:

• 100 grams of instant oatmeal
• 1 green apple
• 1 glass of water (200 ml)
• a little cinnamon

Instructions:

• Start by washing and slicing the apple. It can not be cleaned, because it is in the peel and contains most of the useful properties that will help lower cholesterol.
• Now boil a glass of water with the oats until it is completely cooked. It’s very easy.
• After 10 minutes, add the apple pieces, and leave them to cook for another 20 minutes. When you see that the apple has softened, turn off the heat.
• Put everything in a blender and mix until smooth. Sprinkle a little cinnamon on top before eating. This is a great recipe for breakfast.

2. Oatmeal with pear

Ingredients:

• 1 pear
• 100 grams of instant oatmeal
• 1 glass of water
• 20 g of honey

Instructions:

• This dish is perfect for breakfast or lunch. To prepare it, you must first heat a glass of water in a saucepan and then pour the oats. Once it has acquired the desired sticky consistency, add a tablespoon of honey to give it more flavor.
• Then peel the pear and cut it into small pieces (do not peel). Pears are also ideal for fighting cholesterol, and in combination with oats, their potential benefits even increase.
• Put the oatmeal in your favorite bowl and add the pear pieces. It’s delicious and you get a nutritious and healthy breakfast.

3. Oatmeal with plums

Ingredients:

• 100 grams of instant oatmeal
• 2 plums
• 3 walnuts
• 1 glass of water

Instructions:

• Bring the water to a boil and add the oatmeal.
• While it is cooking, you can peel the plums.
• Also, chop the walnuts and set them aside for later use.
• When the oatmeal is cooked, put it in your favorite bowl, and add plums and walnuts.

This breakfast is an effective way to fight high cholesterol. In addition, it helps maintain a slim figure and eat right every day.

Keep in mind that the three best fruits to fight cholesterol are apples, pears, and plums. However, strawberries, blueberries, kiwis, and grapes are also very useful, so you can use any combination you want when you cook oatmeal in the morning to lower cholesterol.

In this case, the most important thing is to eat oatmeal every day.

In addition to oatmeal, do not forget to eat well during the day and exercise moderately. Start taking care of your health today!

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INGREDIENTS

• 150 g celery root
• 150 g carrots
• 1 apple
• 2 cucumbers
• 1 tsp. lemon juice
• salt and pepper to taste
• olive oil
• yogurt to taste

For filling this simple and tasty salad we used thick homemade yogurt, sour cream is also suitable. Instead of dill, you can add other herbs, and olive oil can be replaced with fragrant vegetable.

How to cook celery salad with carrots and apples

Spoon an apple on a special grater for Korean carrots in a suitable bowl, add lemon juice. Also rub the remaining ingredients and add to the apple. Finely chop the dill and lay out the rest of the ingredients. Salt and pepper, season with olive oil and mix. Spread the salad in portions and add yoghurt.

Benefits: the healing properties of celery

Celery has a huge amount of fiber. There are many of them in the petioles and in the tubers, and in the petioles it is even more. Fiber is needed by the body for good intestinal function, it heals and prevents constipation.

Many vitamins:

• vitamin A, which is responsible for skin elasticity,
• vitamins C is important for the immune and nervous systems
• vitamin K – helps strengthen bones, prevents osteoporosis;
• vitamins of group B – well affects the nervous system, celery is recommended to eat when you need to calm down (instead of sedatives).

Celery improves performance, helps with stress, calms the nerves, normalizes sleep.
Nutritionists attribute this vegetable to obesity and overweight.

In addition, thanks to a variety of important elements, celery slows the aging of the body, cleans it of toxins.

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How is it known that kiwi is ripe enough to eat? You can find out in the store, without peeling and trying the fruit. Just touch it … touch it. Kiwi should be picked up and gently squeezed. The perfect fruit should slightly bend.

If the kiwi is hard, it means it must mature. It will probably be sour and not very tasty. In turn, too soft copies are already overripe. Their taste leaves a lot to be desired, it is hard to eat without getting dirty, and in addition they can even cause stomach ache. When shopping, we should avoid hard and very soft kiwifruit.

Perfectly ripe kiwi tastes great when eaten alone as a snack. It also works well in cocktails, fruit salads and as an addition to desserts. It’s worth eating kiwi because it’s a treasure trove of vitamins, minerals and fiber. It provides a lot of vitamin C, a lot of vitamin A and calcium and potassium. Kiwi is one of the few non-fat sources of vitamin E. It also contains a lot of antioxidants, lutein, magnesium, zinc and folic acid. Not everyone knows, but this fruit can be eaten together with the peel, although it is not very encouraging.

Kiwi Cocktail with Bananas and Apples

You will need:

• 1 ripe banana
• 3 kiwis
• 3 apples, best red
• Half a glass of milk, preferably cold (200 ml)
• Honey or other sweetener if required

Cooking method:
To make this delicious cocktail, peel the bananas and kiwis, remove the hearts from the apples and cut all the fruit into cubes.
Put all ingredients in a blender and whisk well.
Serve cold and enjoy!

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