Healthy Weight Control

Lose Weight with Old-Fashioned Oatmeal
Researchers say that oatmeal makes a good breakfast for people trying to lose weight. Calorie for calorie, oatmeal wins out over sugary corn flakes by helping people feel more satisfied and full, therefore eating less as the day progresses.

A study of teenage boys, observing their snacking habits after consuming various kinds of breakfast foods, confirms this notion. Researchers at Boston's Children's Hospital found that the boys who ate slow-cooking oatmeal had the slowest rise and fall in blood sugar, became hungry much later in the day, and ultimately took in 53 percent less snack calories than those who ate instant oatmeal.

Report by Allan Geliebter and colleagues at New York Obesity Research Center at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital.
Ludwig DS, Majzoub JA, Al-Zahrani A, Dallal GE, Blanco I, Robert SB. High glycemic index, overeating, and obesity. Pediatrics. 1999;103:656.

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