Just two days of oatmeal cut bad cholesterol by 10%

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Two days of oatmeal may be enough to slash bad cholesterol and reprogram your gut for better heart health. Just two days of mostly oatmeal cut bad cholesterol by 10% and triggered beneficial changes in gut bacteria linked to better heart and metabolic health. Credit: Shutterstock Eating mostly oatmeal for just two days may significantly reduce cholesterol, according to a clinical trial from the University of Bonn published in Nature Communications. The study focused on people with metabolic syndrome, a cluster of conditions that includes excess body weight, high blood pressure, elevated blood sugar, and abnormal blood lipid levels. Participants followed a calorie restricted plan made up almost entirely of oatmeal for 48 hours. Compared with a control group that also reduced calories but did not eat oats, those on the oat based plan saw a markedly greater improvement in their cholesterol levels. The reduction remained noticeable even six weeks later. Researchers also found that the diet changed the balance of bacteria in the gut. Substances produced by these microbes
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