Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsweetened soy or dairy milk
- 1/4 cup cold water
- 1/4 cup Flannerys Own Organic Oat Bran
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 dash ground cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons chopped walnuts
- 1 tablespoon ground flaxseed
- Sliced banana (optional)
Preparation
- Combine the milk, water, oat bran and salt in microwave-proof bowl. Cook in microwave on high for 3 minutes, or until mixture thickens to desired consistency, stopping and stirring after each minute
- If you prefer the stove - cook about 5 minutes, or to desired consistency.
- Top with cinnamon, walnuts and flaxseeds. Slice banana on top if you wish. Add some yoghurt for extra zing. Enjoy!
Nutritional Information
Oat bran is the outer husk of the oat grain. The bran of grain is normally discarded during the milling process, which is unfortunate, since it contains the bulk of the dietary fibre of the grain, along with a large amount of useful minerals. Oat bran is a very concentrated form of fibre.
High-fibre, low-fat oat bran lowers cholesterol levels at a fraction of the cost of drugs. To lower cholesterol levels, oat bran must be eaten daily, according to recent studies.
The oat bran needs to be in your system every day along with the cholesterol if you want to get the maximum lowering effect. Studies have shown the more significant lowering of cholesterol - up to 15 percent - comes when 100 grams of oat bran are consumed every day. That is approximately equal to one-third of a cup of oat bran eaten twice a day.
Oat bran, like all cholesterol-lowering agents, is most effective when it is consumed in conjunction with a low-fat, low-cholesterol, high-fibre diet.