The function of cholesterol molecules is to protect the body's cells and also accumulate energy reserves.
But the benefit of cholesterol is only if its level does not exceed the norm.
In modern society, the lack of nutritional culture, as well as an inactive lifestyle, has made cholesterol, which is beneficial for the body, its worst enemy.
Due to an increased cholesterol index, blood lines become clogged with atherosclerotic plaques, narrowing the lumen. The arterial membrane becomes fragile and brittle, which leads to myocardial infarction, as well as cerebral hemorrhage.
To avoid complications from high cholesterol, it is necessary to carry out prevention with oats. Recipes for using oats are simple and accessible to everyone.
Useful properties of oats
The main healing property of oat products is their general strengthening effect on the body. This property has been known since ancient times; even severe wounds and injuries were treated with the help of oats.
Oats contain the following components:
- Vegetable proteins;
- Substances polyprofinols;
- Flavonoids components;
- Amino acid complex;
- Acids - oxalic and erucic;
- Carbohydrates are complex, long digestible;
- Polyunsaturated fatty acids;
- B4 vitamins
- Vitamin E;
- Acids - pantothenic and nicotinamide;
- Magnesium molecules;
- Phosphorus;
- Molecules of potassium, as well as iodine;
- Essential oils.
The main healing property of oat products is their general strengthening effect on the body.
Effect on the body
If the cholesterol index is high, it is recommended to add oat grains to the menu systematically.
The effect of this cereal on the body shows the following results:
- Strengthens nerve fibers and all centers of the nervous system;
- Oats have a beneficial effect on the hair and nail plates, strengthening them;
- Strengthens human bones and helps to heal them after fractures;
- The joint apparatus becomes more elastic;
- Cleanses and restores the structure of the skin;
- Oats replenish a person’s energy expenditure after hard work, or after sports training;
- Helps strengthen the immune system. It is recommended to eat oats during epidemics of viral and infectious pathologies;
- With a strong dry cough, together with onions, it removes phlegm outside the body;
- Reduces the blood glucose index. Oats are very beneficial for patients with both types of diabetes;
- Normalizes the functioning of the digestive tract, helps treat gastric pathologies;
- Inhibits the absorption of low molecular weight cholesterol by the small intestine from food;
- Removes salt deposits and waste from the body, and also cleanses the organs of sand crystals;
- Activates the work of liver cells and the catabolism of cholesterol molecules. Helps fatty compounds quickly leave the body;
- Fights excess body weight;
- Dissolves atherosclerotic accumulations, which prevents the progression of systemic atherosclerosis;
- Activates the functionality of the thyroid gland, which prevents the formation of hypothyroidism, which causes the development of many pathologies, including the pathology of hypercholesterolemia.
Helps fatty compounds quickly leave the body
Combination with high cholesterol
Polyprofinols, which are contained in oats, contribute to:
- Thinning of plasma blood;
- Synthesis of low-density cholesterol by liver cells;
- Prevents low-density cholesterol molecules from settling on the intima of the arterial membranes.
Existing atherosclerotic tumors are affected by B vitamins, dissolving them and helping to utilize them and remove them from the body.
To cleanse blood vessels from atherosclerotic tumors and to lower the cholesterol index, it is recommended to use self-made oat-based medications in addition to drug treatment prescribed by the doctor.
How oats can help
Recommended against cholesterol, oats are recognized as one of its most active enemies.
The reason is the presence of soluble fiber, which is more than enough in this cereal. To gain 6 g of fiber, it is enough to eat 100 g of oatmeal or add 1-2 tbsp. l. oat bran. The second indicator is the presence of antioxidants in this plant, which help in cleansing the body and blood vessels. Oat grains are storehouses of magnesium, calcium, phosphorus and other microelements that have a positive effect on the functioning of the cardiovascular system.
The diuretic properties of oat grains due to the presence of potassium in it help lower blood pressure and normalize heart rate.
Vitamin B3 in the composition minimizes the deposition of bad cholesterol and activates its removal from the body.
Polyunsaturated fatty acids, which activate the choleretic and excretory properties of the seed, help to resist the deposition of this harmful formation.
People with pathological weight gain automatically fall into the risk group. Therefore, oat seed in different variations will help them. Help will come from dietary fiber, which binds excess deposits in the intestines and removes them. As a result, a clean intestine will not cause slagging in the body due to the accumulation of toxins and undigested fat.
Do folk remedies help?
Excessive cholesterol index can be effectively reduced using recipes from traditional medicine.
It is prohibited to use medications based on herbal natural products as self-medication; recommendations and prescriptions for treating oats with an elevated cholesterol index must be obtained from the attending physician.
A nutritionist can describe how to use oat products in a diet to lower low-density cholesterol, and also effectively lose extra pounds.
Dishes and prepared medicines according to traditional medicine recipes have the following effects on the body:
- The choleretic property helps catabolize low-density cholesterol and remove it from the body through feces;
- The diuretic effect helps the release of excess biological fluid from the body, which lowers the blood pressure index and reduces the tone of the arterial membranes. The elasticity of the membranes increases, which prevents the deposition of low-density cholesterol molecules in them;
- Dishes with oats, as well as infusions and decoctions, quickly remove excess cholesterol from the body.
According to traditional medicine recipes, you can prepare yourself:
- Oat decoctions;
- Alcohol tinctures for oats;
- Oat infusions;
- Oatmeal jelly.
Also, to lower the cholesterol index, you can use dietary supplements that contain oat fiber.
Oat infusion
When should you use it daily?
Oats should be included in the daily diet for the following pathologies of the heart organ and blood flow system:
- Systemic atherosclerosis;
- Pathology thrombosis and thrombophlebitis;
- Phlebeurysm;
- Diseases of the spine and joint apparatus;
- Ischemia of the cardiac organ;
- Cardiac angina, tachycardia and arrhythmia pathology;
- Arterial hypertension;
- Diabetes mellitus of both types;
- For obesity;
- For the prevention of myocardial infarction;
- For the prevention of cerebral stroke.
Complex treatment with oats quite effectively reduces the cholesterol index and blood glucose levels.
Ischemia of the cardiac organ
The essence of the problem
When cholesterol levels are high (hypercholesterolemia), there is a large amount of fat-bound substances in the blood.
Accumulating on the walls of the arteries, it clogs them and blocks blood flow. The result is a heart attack, myocardial infarction and angina. Despite the fact that not all cholesterol is harmful, and it helps in the construction of new cells, produces hormones and protects the nervous system, its excess is strictly contraindicated. The main role is played by the indicator of dietary (serum) cholesterol. The normal level of cholesterol in the blood is 3.6 – 5.2 mmol/l.
Recipes
There are a lot of recipes for making oatmeal. To effectively lower cholesterol, you need to use coarsely ground and not steamed flakes in treatment. The less the oats are subject to heat treatment, the more beneficial properties they have.
You need to add vegetable oils to the cooked porridge, which will help lower cholesterol with the help of Omega-3, as well as dried fruits and nuts.
It is very useful to eat oatmeal with fresh vegetables, because the fiber in oats and the fiber in fresh vegetables and herbs prevents the body from absorbing cholesterol from food.
Decoction
There are a lot of oatmeal recipes. A not too concentrated decoction can be used as an auxiliary medicine to dietary nutrition, and a well-concentrated oat decoction can also affect fairly high cholesterol levels, lowering them to normal.
Oatmeal recipe:
- It is necessary to rinse 1.0 kilograms of pure oats well (several times);
- Pour 3 liters of purified water over the oats;
- Put on the fire, and after the broth boils, turn the heat to minimum and cook for 5 - 6 hours;
- After the set cooking time has expired, drain the broth through filtered paper;
- After the broth has cooled, store it in the refrigerator;
- The schedule for taking the decoction is 70.0 milliliters, three times a day, 30 minutes before starting a meal.
Infusion in a thermos
To prepare the infusion, you need to take a thermos with a volume of 1.5 liters - 2.0 liters.
The recipe for making the infusion is as follows:
- Rinse a glass of high-quality oats several times;
- After cleaning it from dust and debris, you need to pour it into a thermos;
- Pour 1000.0 milliliters of boiling water into a thermos;
- Leave the thermos to infuse the oats for 8 - 10 hours;
- It is better to prepare the infusion at night;
- After 8 - 10 hours, filter the liquid and store in the refrigerator;
- Take the infusion daily, 200.0 milliliters;
- The course of treatment with oat infusion is up to 3 months, but the first result of lowering the cholesterol index can be obtained after taking the infusion for 30 days.
The effect of oat infusion
Caution comes first
This plant should not be included in cleansing therapy for people suffering from celiac disease - intolerance to the gluten present in its composition.
People with diseases of the liver, kidneys and bile ducts, dyskinesia, and the presence of stones in the kidneys and genitourinary system should be especially careful about oatmeal anti-cholesterol cleansing.
During the period of exacerbation of gastrointestinal diseases, gastritis, ulcers, be sure to discuss the inclusion of traditional medicine in therapy with your doctor.
Also, to reduce the level of harmful deposits, it is necessary:
- Monitor your body weight, because the larger it is, the higher the accumulation of unnecessary cholesterol.
- Reduce consumption of saturated fats (meat, butter, cheese).
- Include monounsaturated fats in your diet (olive oil, nuts, avocado oil, etc.).
- Eat no more than 1 egg per day.
- Be sure to include legumes and fruits in the menu.
- Eat oatmeal (oatmeal, bran) rich in fiber every day.
- Eat at least 2 carrots a day, as well as raw garlic. These foods help reduce harmful fats in the blood.
- Do daily exercise, which will reduce the cholesterol buildup in your arteries.
- Reduce coffee consumption.
- Quit smoking.
Taking care of health is the responsibility of every person. The result of its implementation is long healthy years of life.
When should you not use it?
Oats are a product that has quite a few contraindications to its use.
You cannot use medicines based on traditional medicine recipes with oats, and be careful when consuming oatmeal:
- Renal organ failure;
- Intolerance or sensitivity of the body to oats;
- High acidity of gastric juice in the organ;
- Patients with a removed bile organ;
- Chronic pathologies of the gallbladder;
- Lung pathologies in the chronic stage.
In case of gastric pathologies, it is very difficult for the mucous membrane of the organ to digest coarse fiber, then it is recommended to use oatmeal for quick preparation of the dish, they are softer and do not irritate the walls of the gastric organ.
It is recommended to add oat flakes to fermented milk products.
Cereals with kefir and fresh fruit are a very healthy breakfast dish when using a diet against high cholesterol.
Uses of oat fiber
To lower the cholesterol index, it is recommended to use ready-made fiber from oats in the diet. This dietary supplement is sold in pharmacy kiosks.
The main task of fiber is to absorb and remove excess cholesterol.
The effect of dietary supplements with fiber in the intestines:
- Cleaning the organ from slagging. Fiber effectively cleanses the small intestine;
- Absorption of lipids and their removal outside the body with feces;
- Improving peristalsis of the digestive tract;
- Restoration of impaired fat metabolism.
When treating with fiber, you need to take a lot of water. Drink water before and after meals, and also drink a lot in between meals.
Reviews
Marina, 50 years old: I am overweight and have significantly elevated cholesterol. My nutritionist prepared a diet for me with the maximum amount of oatmeal in it. After 3 months of the diet, my cholesterol dropped slightly and was no longer at a critical level, and I managed to lose 11 kilograms of excess weight.
Oleg, 54 years old: The doctor recommended that I use a diet with oats to prevent myocardial infarction. I have been suffering from heart pathologies for 6 years. In addition to eating oatmeal, I take oatmeal tea daily. My cholesterol index is normal, and the general condition of my body has also improved.
Schemes and methods of use to reduce cholesterol
All oat-based recipes for high cholesterol are intended for internal use. On average, the course of treatment is 14-21 days. If necessary, it is repeated after 1-2 months.
The daily dose of infusion/decoction depends on the patient’s age, individual characteristics of the body, and the severity of symptoms. With the permission of a doctor, it is given to infants older than 6 months. At the age of six months to a year, 1 tsp is enough. decoction morning and evening, from one to two years - 1 tbsp. l. twice a day, from 2 to 5 years, the dosage is increased to 1/3 cup with the same frequency. Starting from 5 years old and adults need to take 100 ml 3-4 times a day.