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We hammer it since your earliest childhood: breakfast is the most important meal of the day! It must be balanced and contain fibers, fruits and cereals. Yes, but not just any.

If your breakfast contains oats, it's even better! Indeed, oats are a cereal to which a great nutritional value is attributed, despite its unflattering appearance. Explanations with our expert.

Used for over 2000 years

Man has learned to cultivate and harvest oats for over 2000 years now. It uses it as a food source, but not only: oats are also used as a treatment against, among other things, skin problems and intestinal diseases.

Rich in antioxidants and phytonutrients

Oat contains a large amount of antioxidants, such as vitamin E, tocotrienols, selenium, phenolic acids or phytic acid. A daily portion of oat will also bring you vitamin B1, biotin, molybdenum, phosphorus, copper and magnesium, to name a few.

This is why consuming it every day can help you prevent obesity and weight gain. Oats indeed provides a feeling of satiety and offers low glycemic impact energy for longer.

A healthy and satisfying cereal

While the majority of low -calories and fat foods do not satisfy, oats are, on the contrary, to feel full. Its low glycemic index helps to avoid cravings caused by a drop in blood sugar. In other words, consuming oats daily will result in a reduction in your food intake the rest of the day. This daily decrease in calories, like hypocaloric diets, will result in weight and fat loss.

Good for digestion

Oat is also known to improve digestion by reducing the amount of secreted bile acids, while making your intestinal transit better. If you meet digestion disorders, including oats daily in your diet is a very interesting choice.

A major ally for your health

Beyond the fact that it helps you preserve your line and improve your digestion, oats is a real ally for your health on many points. Indeed, oats contribute to:

• the decrease in cholesterol;
• decreased the risk of cardiovascular disease;
• Improvement of the immune response;
• stabilization of blood sugar and reduction in the risk of type 2 diabetes;
• Protection against breast cancer;
• protection against infantile asthma;
• The increase in life expectancy.

Easy to incorporate into its recipes

If eating oats at breakfast does not delight your taste buds, you can easily incorporate it into your cake recipes, or add a spoon to your yogurts for example.

You can also replace your usual flour with oatmeal in your pastries and cooked dishes. Your body will tell you thank you!