Health Benefits of Oatmeal

For the last decades, the popularity of oatmeal, or crushed oats, has been increasing on global level. More and more people around the world learn about numerous nutritional and health benefits of oatmeal, and start eating a bowl of oatmeal for breakfast on a daily basis. Before, oatmeal was commonly consumed in the form of porridge prepared after soaking the grains overnight in water and cooking on a low fire. In old Scottish and Irish cuisines oatmeal was also used as an ingredient for cookies and bakery, puddings and special oatcakes, as well as other traditional meals. Read the rest of this entry »