Oats have a strong effect on controlling the increase of blood lipid, especially lowering cholesterol. Although some popular chemical synthetic lipid-lowering drugs have obvious lipid-lowering effects, they all have obvious side effects of liver swelling and weight gain, and even cause serious consequences of cancer if taken for a long time. The mortality rate of patients treated with these drugs increased by 2.7%, while oat has similar good lipid-lowering effect and can prevent the increase of blood lipid, which is safe and non-toxic for long-term use. Therefore, doctors and nutritionists are more in favor of eating oats to reduce blood fat and prevent arteriosclerosis.

(2) Cancer prevention

According to the records of traditional Chinese medical literature and international research reports on tumor suppression, there is the possibility of preventing canceration substances in wheat resources. The research of oat inhibiting tumor has begun to take shape. It was observed that the tumor growth of animals with oat was smaller and the survival time was longer, but it did not reach the standard of tumor inhibition rate of 30% and survival time extension rate of 50%, so it was considered to be active. However, this result and discovery are enough to prove that there are anticancer substances in oats. As for the effective components and mechanism of action, there is no report yet, and the research in this area needs to be further deepened.

(3) Anti-hyperviscosity and platelet aggregation

Oats also have anti-high blood viscosity and anti-platelet aggregation effects. The results showed that 6g oat flour could significantly reduce the plasma viscosity and whole blood viscosity of rats fed with high-fat diet at high shear rate and low shear rate, and significantly inhibit platelet aggregation induced by ADP and collagen. Therefore, oat flour may have the function and efficacy of preventing thrombosis, and there is no relevant research report at present.

Control obesity

Dietary fiber replaces some nutrients in food and reduces the total intake of food. Dietary fiber can increase the secretion of saliva and digestive juice, fill the stomach, and at the same time absorb water to swell, which can produce satiety and inhibit desire. Dietary fiber combines with some fatty acids, so that fatty acids cannot be absorbed when passing through the digestive tract, thus reducing the absorption rate of fatty acids.

1993, a 39-year-old cake king in Washington, USA, weighed 150kg, with a TC of 3.24mg/mL. Usually, you can only stay in bed, and then eat 2~3 oatmeal cakes (whole oatmeal food, 25g each) every day according to the doctor's advice. After 3 months, my weight dropped to 125kg and TC to 1.75mg/mL. This shows that oats can prevent obesity.

(5) Treating constipation

Dietary fiber has strong water holding capacity, and its water absorption rate is as high as 10 times. After absorbing water, the volume of intestinal contents is increased, which makes the stool loose and soft, and it will be smoother and more labor-saving when passing through the intestine. At the same time, dietary fiber, as a foreign body in the intestine, can stimulate the contraction and peristalsis of the intestine, accelerate stool excretion, and play a role in treating constipation.

-transferred from official website, a staple food.