One of the effective products for weight loss is oatmeal. For information, oatmeal is a flour that is made from whole grains of oats. And oats, as you know, have a full complex of B vitamins, has a low glycemic index and supplies the body with slow carbohydrates, which provide a feeling of satiety for a long time. Caloric content of oatmeal for weight loss is approximately 120 kcal per 100 g.
Benefits of oatmeal
The use of fiber determines its composition. So, it includes 20% protein and only 7% fat. Other nutrients present in the oatmeal interfere with the formation of tumors and protect the blood vessels from obstructions. It also facilitates the removal of fat deposits from the body, affects the brain centers that are responsible for memory. Another fiber has antioxidant and antidepressant properties and promotes cell regeneration in the human body. If you include oatmeal in the diet, then you will forever forget about the problems with metabolism.
How to cook oatmeal?
There are a lot of recipes from oatmeal, today we will introduce you to some of them:
- Method of cooking oatmeal cookies. Ingredients: 250 g melted butter, a pound of oatmeal, one egg, some water or kvass. All the ingredients are mixed and sent to the oven for twenty minutes. If you want the cookies to turn out to be sweet, then you can grease it with honey or jam.
- You can also make a very tasty and healthy oatmeal oyster. To do this, boil the milk, when it boils, with one hand, stir it quickly, and the other slowly pour out a mixture of oatmeal and cold milk. In order not to have lumps, the mixture is prepared slowly, constantly breaking the existing lumps. If you want a kissel to turn out
sweet, you can add a little sweetener. - An excellent breakfast for you can be a porridge of oatmeal. Take 250 g of milk approximately 3.2% fat and dilute it to 130 g of water. Put it on a stove and let it boil. At this time in the dish, dilute 40 grams of fiber and 160 ml of water, it is necessary to stir well until a homogeneous mass, so that there are no lumps. When the milk boils, pour the oat into the pan and, stirring constantly, bring it back to the boil. You can add fruit or berries to avoid adding sugar. If you like porridge more thickly, dilute the milk with less water.