How do oats help in reducing weight?

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The high amount of soluble fiber in oats forms a gel when digested. This causes the viscosity of the contents of the stomach and small intestine to be increased. The gel delays emptying of the stomach making you feel full longer which helps with weight loss. Also, being low in fat content, oats don't add to your weight as well.

A research found that the children who ate oatmeal were 50% less likely to become overweight, when compared to those children that did not eat it.

Not only it is good for weight loss, regular intake of oats can maintains the sugar in the blood, reduces the cholesterol in the blood which gives over all health.

Having a bowl of instant oatmeal every morning increases your consumption of whole grains. These whole grains have fiber, various minerals and phytonutrients. These phytonutrients include lignans, plant sterols and stanols and antioxidants. The lignans are helpful in protecting your heart while stanols help in normalizing blood cholesterol levels. This is because fiber takes a long time to breakdown and also it takes a lot of energy by your body to digest the complex fiber of oats. That is the reason you should eat lot of fiber rich foods to bring down your weight.