Can Oats Lower Your Cholesterol?
Do you want to lower your cholesterol by the weekend, with change from a fiver? Experts believe they have found the solution in a humble packet of oats.
Last week a study from the University of Bonn revealed that participants at high risk of heart disease saw their levels of harmful LDL cholesterol drop by 10 per cent after following a calorie-restricted diet made almost entirely of porridge for just two days.
It is, as Professor Marie-Christine Simon, the study’s co-author, puts it, “a substantial reduction” — and in a world of dubious quick-fix solutions, sounds almost too good to be true. Yet oats have long been linked to improved cholesterol levels — albeit not within such a dramatic time frame — and myriad other health benefits.
Excerpted from The Times
