date:May 06, 2013
E. cereal for breakfast. The people who ate oatmeal for breakfast also chose low-fat options at lunch.
From analyzing the types of fiber in each breakfast, the researchers said the beta-glucan oat fiber in the oatmeal had a higher molecular weight and viscosity than the beta-glucan in the R.-T.-E. cereal.
The oatmeal beta-glucan is superior at affecting appetite, possibly by delaying the gastric emptying or through other actions in the intestinal tract, said Frank Greenway, M.D., of the Pennin