• Oatmeal It's What's For Breakfast

Not eating oatmeal for breakfast? Read some of the facts below and maybe this will change your mind! Oh and please don't tell me oatmeal is boring and tasteless . . .
Check out The Oatmeal Project at http://www.thegraciouspantry.com/oatmeal-recipes/

P.S. McCann's Quick Cooking Irish Oatmeal and/or McCann's Quick & Easy Steel Cut Irish Oatmeal is what I eat EVERY SINGLE Morning :) To read more and why it's so FABULOUS go to http://www.mccanns.ie/

*According to the American Cancer Society:
1. Insoluble fiber's cancer-fighting properties are due to the fact that it attacks certain bile acids, reducing their toxicity.
2. Soluble fiber may reduce LDL cholesterol without lowering HDL cholesterol. LDL is bad; HDL is good.
3. Soluble fiber slows down the digestion of starch. This may be beneficial to diabetics because, when you slow down the digestion of starch, you avoid the sharp rises in your blood sugar level that usually occur following a meal.
4. It has been found that those who eat more oats are less likely to develop heart disease, a disease that is currently widespread in the United States.
5. The phytochemicals in oat may also have cancer-fighting properties.
6. Oats are a good source of many nutrients including vitamin E, zinc, selenium, copper, iron, manganese and magnesium. Oats are also a good source of protein.

*According to the Mayo Clinic:
Oatmeal & Oatbran
1. Oatmeal contains soluble fiber, which reduces your low-density lipoprotein (LDL), the "bad" cholesterol. Soluble fiber is also found in such foods as kidney beans, apples, pears, psyllium, barley and prunes.
2. Soluble fiber appears to reduce the absorption of cholesterol in your intestines. Ten grams or more of soluble fiber a day decreases your total and LDL cholesterol. Eating 1 1/2 cups of cooked oatmeal provides 6 grams of fiber. If you add fruit, such as bananas, you'll add about 4 more grams of fiber. To mix it up a little, try steel-cut oatmeal or cold cereal made with oatmeal or oat bran.