Oat flakes — the natural dietary product received from oats by flattening. In recent years porridge gains great popularity as a nourishing and useful breakfast. Its nutritiousness and advantage for all organism were estimated by supporters of healthy food. Many people use this dish for breakfast to lose excess weight and to improve the state of health. Let's understand whether really flakes from oats have useful effect on our health.
Structure of flakes
Porridge contains proteinaceous connections, cellulose, a minimum of fats and cholesterol, carbohydrates. Its chemical composition differs from other grain in the rich content of useful substances:
- vitamins: And, B1, B2, B6, C, K;
- minerals: iron, magnesium, calcium, potassium, iodine, zinc, phosphorus, fluorine;
- organic acids: shchavelny, nicotinic, pantothenic and maleic;
- fatty acids;
- amino acids: lecithin, is well-cared, methionine, tryptophane;
- food fibers.
Such unique structure does porridge by an irreplaceable dish for each person.
Whether you know? Porridge is included into the menu of many Hollywood stars.
Nutrition value and caloric content
Nutrition value of 100 g of oat flakes following:
- proteins: 11.9 g;
- fats: 7.2 g;
- carbohydrates: 69.3 g.
Several decades doctors recommend to use porridge for breakfast for improvement of health and normalization of weight. The nutrition value positively influences activity of all organism. Carbohydrates load with energy for all day. The vitamin complex improves health, gives to cheerfulness, reduces fatigue. Proteins restore and stimulate growth of cells of muscle tissue. The viscous consistence of the made porridge possesses the enveloping action and sates an organism at several o'clock. Porridge contains the necessary amount of substances for the correct work of digestive system. It easily is acquired and digested. Content of cellulose cleans and stimulates an intestines vermicular movement, saves from locks. Iron and iodine are useful to prevention of diseases of a thyroid gland. Phosphorus and calcium strengthen a bone tissue.
Oat flakes rather high-calorie — 100 g of a product contain about 350 kcal.
We advise to read about curative properties and options of the use of broth, bran, milk, grain from oats.
About advantage of quick-cooking cereal
The vital rhythm of the modern person is followed by a constant lack of time on cooking and forces to give preference to junk foods. Among them and porridge from oat flakes. On its preparation not enough time leaves. Filled in with boiled water — and it is possible to eat. It is very convenient. In what advantage of such porridge in bags? Instant flakes have the crushed grains with preliminary repeated processing. They quickly absorb hot water and are also quickly ready to the use. But such flakes have no rather useful properties, contain few mineral substances and vitamins. However some vitamins B them nevertheless are present. Quick-cooking cereals have essential advantage — they save time and keep feeling of satiety for a long time.
Important! Only the flakes made from whole seed of oats are useful to health.
Quick-cooking cereals from whole grain are necessary for patients at gastritis and stomach ulcer of a stomach. This dish positively affects processes of a metabolism, provides an organism with useful vitamins and minerals. Porridge differs in ability to bring unnecessary liquid out of an organism, improves a condition of skin.
This irreplaceable dish for people with heart diseases. Consumption of porridge reduces the level of cholesterol and normalizes indicators of content of sugar in blood. Porridge — the best many diseases medicine. However the frequent use of this dish can lead to a set of extra kilos.
Application of flakes
The rich chemical composition and nutrition value of oat flakes allow to use them in dietology, cosmetology, cookery.
In dietology
Porridge is a part of many diets. It regulates fat exchange, reduces sugar level in blood.
Also for the purpose of weight loss it is possible to drink oat kissel.
Many successfully apply porridge to weight loss. The positive result is achieved if to make porridge on water, without addition of oil and sugar and to accept only for breakfast. Despite the high caloric content, this dish easily is digested and accelerates metabolic processes in an organism.
Cellulose content for a long time creates feeling of satiety. There are special low-calorie and vitaminized fitness bars from oat flakes for healthy having a snack. The oat diet without harm for health promotes fast weight loss.
Important! The oat flakes made on milk often cause diarrhea.
In cosmetology
Oat flakes often use for preparation of lotions, creams, soap, srubs. Thanks to the unique rejuvenating, nutritious and cleaning properties, oats accelerate cellular exchange, restore the damaged fabrics, feed, moisturize the skin. It becomes elastic, smooth, velvety, has beautiful healthy view. Flakes render the smoothing effect, interfere with formation of wrinkles. Many women apply products from oats to production of house skin care products. The house mask from gruel approaches all-type skin. She cleans oily skin from a greasy luster, effectively fights against formation of inflammations and pimples. Dry — softens, refreshes, feeds with useful substances. Baths do skin of hands of broth of flakes of oats soft and gentle, strengthen nails.
The processed oat flakes — excellent means for washing which carefully looks after skin, helping to get rid of rashes.
Porridge carefully looks after hair and head skin. At regular use the structure of hair is restored, loss decreases, curls take a healthy and brilliant form. Means on the basis of oats use for treatment of many skin diseases.
In cookery
Except preparation of porridges, oat flakes use in various culinary recipes. They are added to pastries, pancakes and fritters, to mincemeat. Quite often they are applied to a breading of fish and meat. Useful properties of flakes are not lost during heat treatment therefore the prepared dishes will be useful to an organism.
Get acquainted with a recipe for tasty porridge for breakfast.
Whether harm from oat flakes is possible
Despite nutrition value and usefulness in a diet of the person, regular consumption of porridge for breakfast can lead to problems with health.
At a hereditary disease the tseliakiya the gluten which is contained in porridge breaks work of fibers of intestines and absorption of nutrients becomes impossible. Gluten can also provoke appearance of an allergy. Phytin acid washes away calcium from bones and leads to osteoporosis. High caloric content stimulates formation of fat deposits and leads to increase in weight.
In general, oats do not contain gluten, but in it there can be traces of wheat, a rye or barley therefore patients should pay attention to marking of packing of flakes.
Whether you know? Porridge is entered into a children's diet as a feeding up at the age of 8 months.
So, we draw conclusions. Porridge contains useful amount of protein, carbohydrates and fats. Consumption of porridge for breakfast influences the correct functioning of digestive tract, reduces risk of a clotting, reduces cholesterol level in blood, strengthens memory. It is excellent means in prevention of a stress, improves health and mood. However, it is necessary to remember that the diet of the person has to be various. Therefore it is recommended to alternate intake of porridge to other useful breakfasts.