2007-09-30 08:13:34 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
Oats have a lot of what they call soluble fiber in them. Soluble fiber is not absorbed; it goes right through.
Your liver dumps cholesterol into your digestive system as part of the bile. Other cholesterol in your digestive system comes directly from the food you eat. If you have soluble fiber in your digestive system, it can bind some of the cholesterol so you absorb less.
So eating oatmeal can lower your cholesterol a few percentage points. So the Quaker people aren't lying to you. Same deal with Cheerios.
But if you are one of those folks who put butter or cream on your oatmeal, you have just cancelled the effect.
2007-09-30 08:35:20 · answer #1 · answered by nobodyinparticular 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure how much it lowers cholesterol, but it helps keep it in balance. My dad has high cholesterol issues and he has been controling it without any medication since he switched to eating oatmeal in the mornings. Im not sure if his high cholesterol was lowered from the oatmeal or by taking away the biscuits, eggs, and sausage/bacon in the morning. But like within a month of him switching to the oatmeal he didn't have to take his cholesterol meds anymore.
2016-03-19 02:41:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it does and if you want to see it then eat it and then go to your dr and take a test . good luck .
2007-09-30 08:16:23 · answer #3 · answered by Kate T. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only because you aren't eating something else.
2007-09-30 08:17:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋