Oats are often called a heart-friendly food, but simply adding a bowl of oats to your day is not enough. How you eat oats, how much you eat, and what you pair them with can make a real difference to ...

People who followed a low-calorie diet consisting primarily of oatmeal for two days experienced a long-lasting reduction in LDL (“bad”) and total cholesterol levels in a clinical trial. The reduced ...

Eating nothing but oatmeal for just two days might sound extreme, but it delivered a striking payoff in a new clinical trial. People with metabolic syndrome who followed a short, calorie-reduced ...

Healthy option? Cereal-based foods might lower cholesterol. Image by Tim Sandle Healthy option? Cereal-based foods might lower cholesterol. Image by Tim Sandle It may read as extreme, but eating ...

A two-day oatmeal-only diet resulted in lower cholesterol levels that persisted for six weeks in a new study. In the study, the sudden influx of oats led to beneficial gut microbiome activity that may ...