Oats are healthier than you think
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You don't hear about oats very often. It is therefore a bit of a forgotten crop, but oats are very healthy. Especially for breakfast. It is similar to wheat, rye and barley but has a higher protein and fat content. In general, people avoid foods that contain a lot of fats, but in this case it is about essential fatty acids that are in just the right proportion and are therefore indispensable.
Phytic Acid
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Oats contain Phytic Acid, and Phytic Acid is an anti-nutrient. Antinutrients inhibit the absorption of minerals such as calcium, magnesium and zinc, and that works in the opposite way. They are mineral robbers. You can also find Phytic Acid in Brinta, soy, legumes and grains. So you cannot really ignore it. Take wholemeal or multigrain bread, for example. These products are very healthy, but it is precisely because of these phytic acids that the healthy minerals are not properly absorbed by the body.
The solution for oats without phytic acid
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Let the oat flakes soak overnight and drain the water the next morning. Soaking releases the phytic acid and you can rinse it away with the water. The advantage that you also have is that the oats do not have to cook for long. You reduce the cooking time from 30 minutes to one minute. Watch out! Oats sold in stores are heated in the production process, which means that pre-soaking and draining is no longer useful. If you want to apply this method, you will have to purchase the oats from a miller. To sweeten the oats in a healthy way, you can add Stevia. Stevia is a natural sweetener that contains no calories.
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A little more about oats
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Oats are a cereal that has been cultivated for centuries. From 7000 years BC. It originates (people think) from Southwestern Europe and Southwest Asia. It grew there among the barley as "weeds" and was actually mainly used as animal feed. Horses and goats, for example, love it. Around 2000 BC wild oats were cultivated almost all over Europe. Hippocrates recommended oats for their tonic and highly nutritious properties. Hildegard Von Bingen also paid a lot of attention to oats, and she wrote about this:
How oats work
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Oats seem to work very well for disorders of the nervous system. You can think of nervousness, depression, irritation, insomnia, etc. But oats also improve bowel movements and have a positive effect on diabetes as well as on the liver. It helps with stomach complaints, gout, arthritis and it has a proven contribution to cardiovascular disease, is good for the circulation, etc. etc. Read more about it ...
Gluten intolerance
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Oats are also a valuable substitute for wheat, barley and rye for people with a gluten intolerance. An absolute condition is that the oat products must not be contaminated (contaminated / contaminated) with gluten proteins from the aforementioned grains. There are some gluten-free producers in the Netherlands who are closely involved in setting up a celiac-safe oat chain, so just google it.
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Oats are also a valuable substitute for wheat, barley and rye for people with a gluten intolerance. An absolute condition is that the oat products must not be contaminated (contaminated / contaminated) with gluten proteins from the aforementioned grains. There are some gluten-free producers in the Netherlands who are closely involved in setting up a celiac-safe oat chain, so please google it.
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