Organic oatmeal is coming to your plate. At breakfast, in the preparation of your vegetarian pancakes, it has everything! Find out why this "horse weed" should be part of your daily routine.

In order to get the most out of the nutritional quality of oatmeal, it's important to make sure it's organically grown. Indeed, the spraying of chemical treatments before, during and after harvest makes the cereal particularly toxic.

Now, let's get to the virtues!

Oatmeal, an energy bomb

What better way to start your day off right than with oatmeal porridge. In winter, it brings warmth to those who are chilly and that feeling of comfort that is welcome in this dark, cold and rainy period.

For children and convalescents, you can prepare the porridge with vegetable milk, add raisins, hazelnuts or almonds and possibly a little honey when serving.

Phytic acid in oatmeal

Neutralize Phytic Acid:

It is energetic, certainly, but its high phytic acid content decreases the assimilation of calcium, phosphorus, potassium and zinc. Note that all full grain contain phytic acid. So, to neutralize the latter and take full advantage of the valuable nutrients in oats, soak the flakes for several hours (usually the night before for the next morning) in your plant milk or cook them.

Phytic Acid would have significant benefits in preventing colon cancer. However, its ability to bind to minerals is not limited to the "bad" cancer-causing ones; the "good" ones are also inhibited.

The consumption of whole grains including oatscan cause deficiencies. Be careful to soak them beforehand, to germinate them or to cook them.

To conclude on phytic acid, between its anti-cancer properties and the demineralization it induces, it is difficult to make a statement today about its real benefits..

Thank goodness that oatmeal comes from the whole grain and thus has a multitude of nutrients that can make up for the losses.

Oatmeal for light digestion

• The oatmeal is slightly diuretic and easy to digest. It is also hypoglycemic, i.e. it lowers the blood sugar level and acts as a regulator in case of hypertension.

• Thanks to the fibers it contains, the oat also works on blood sugar by lowering the absorption of carbohydrates thanks to the soluble fiber it contains. Indeed, glucose will be trapped in the cellulose of the fiber and then evacuated in the stools.

• Furthermore, fibers bring the feeling full which is not negligible when you want to lose weight...

• Finally, fibers have this virtue of regulate transit. It will stimulate the intestinal villi, activate peristalsis and swell with water. Thus, contispation and diarrhea are relieved with oatmeal.

Organic oatmeal to lower bad cholesterol

Oats get some of their quality from the mucilage and saponin they contain. Dr. J. Anderson from the University of Kentucky (USA) found that the whole oatmeal, whether raw or cooked, and cholesterol-lowering: bad cholesterol decreases by an average of 20% and Lebon increases by 15%. Beta-glucan, a soluble fiber, traps cholesterol in the intestines, which is then evacuated through natural channels. In addition, thanks to this fiber, the liver is made to produce less cholesterol.

Also, saponins have the effect of limit cholesterol absorptionin the organization.

Thus, it's a food of choice for anyone who suffers from cardiovascular disease. A bowl of oats every day is enough. For more effectiveness, eat whole grain oats in the morning for breakfast and at night for at least 3 weeks.

Organic Oatmeal: to wrap up

The oatmeal are recommended as a tonic during convalescence, to children during their growth, to sportsmen, to diabetics who, in agreement with their doctor, can follow a cure of oats, and in the cases of hypertension.

On the other hand, in case of inflammation of the mucous membranes of the stomach and small intestine (gastroenteritis), hyperacidity, aerophagia, intestinal fermentation, diarrhea, oatmeal can be prepared with lightly salted water but without fat.