A Power Food for Heart Health

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A Power Food for Heart Health
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Oats
The Science of
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What are the recommendations of the American
Heart Association?

• To lower total cholesterol and LDL, and to
  reduce the risk of heart disease, eat more
  soluble fiber, especially foods rich in
  beta-glucan.
• Oat products are the most common dietary source
  of beta-glucan.

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Oats are heart healthy

• over 40 years of research
• over 40 clinical studies
• first U.S. FDA approved healthclaim for a food
• oats help lower cholesterol

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Oats lower cholesterol

• ? total blood cholesterol
• ? LDL (bad) cholesterol
• no change or ? HDL (good) cholesterol
• mostly due to beta-glucan

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How does it work?

• beta-glucan forms gel in digestive tract
• absorbs cholesterol-rich bile
• cholesterol removed from body
• liver uses blood cholesterol to make more bile
• blood cholesterol drops

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Harvest Crunch Oats

• More than ? cholesterol
• helps reduce the risk of Diabetes
• natural Source of Protein, Vitamins, Minerals
  Antioxidants
• prolonged Energy Release
• no added sugar, salt or additives

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Oats and Diabetes

• oats are a whole grain food
• oats reduce both fasting and postprandial blood
  glucose levels
• oats reduce both fasting and postprandial insulin
  levels

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Oats and Hunger

• Oats for breakfast makes overweight normal
  weight people feel full longer and eat less for
  lunch
• than those who ate cornflakes or just water

Geleibter et al, NASSO, 1999
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How much Harvest Crunch Oats?

• consume 3/4 cup (uncooked) Express Foods Harvest
  Crunch Oats per day to help
• reduce blood cholesterol

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Equivalent to

• 2 1/2 cups Express Foods Harvest Crunch
  ready-to-eat breakfast cereal
• OR
• 2 1/2 cups Express Foods Swiss-Style Muesli
  ready-to-eat breakfast cereal

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Add variety to Harvest Crunch Oats

• Vary the topping on oats
• dried fruit
• fresh fruit
• ground flax seed
• nuts
• Yogurt (dahi)
• honey

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Add Harvest Crunch Oats to other food

• use ground oat flour in chappatis, kulchas,
  parathas
• add oats to pattice, cutlets, chivda, ladoos
• add oats to cookies, biscuits, cakes, pies
• add oats to soups
• mix oats in dahi
• use oats as a topping for salads

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Smart Heart Challenge
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Harvest Crunch OatsSmart Heart Challenge

• check blood cholesterol level
• for 30 days, eat 3/4 cups (uncooked) Harvest
  Crunch oats daily
• encourage a low fat diet
• check blood cholesterol level

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• Science supports the use of Harvest Crunch Oats
  for a healthy heart

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Why Express Foods Harvest Crunch Oats ?

• First quality Oats imported from the U.K.
• Certified GM free
• Conforms with all E.U. and USFDA regulations
  including pesticide residues
• it tastes great
• is convenient
• is economical

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Quick Cooking Oats or Jumbo Oats ?

• health benefits are the same
• simply a matter of taste
• difference is flake size
• Jumbo Oats have larger flakes and more bite
• cooking time is a little longer for Jumbo Oats