Health Benefits : Oats

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Oats have been he staple diet of some of the hardiest races including the Scottish Highlanders and the inhabitants of Hebrides.



They are richly nutritious.
They also contain polyunsaturated fats, a little vitamin E, and plenty of vitamin B complex.
They are spectacularly high in calcium, potassium and magnesium which like vitamin B, are vital to a healthy nervous system, as well as strong bones and teeth, and they supply plenty of silicon for healthy arterial walls.


This cornucopea,of nourishment comes packaged in a food that is also singularly digestible, oats have a demulcent quality that protects the duodenal surfaces and soothes the stomach and intestines.


Oats have an impressive reputation in traditional medicine.
Herbalists turn to oats for one of their most reliable remedies for depression and general debility, a tincture of the whole plant, or just the dehusked oat.

The role of oats in combating high levels of blood cholesterol, and in regulating blood fats, is causing great excitement in medical circles today.


Oats should certainly figure on the diabetic's menu too, since they appear to have a very favorable effect on sugar metabolism.