Call it "the oatmeal diet"? It comes with a couple caveats, but with your doctor's blessing could be worth a try.

Oatmeal rich in beta-glucan can help stabilize blood sugar levels, making it a beneficial food choice for people managing diabetes or prediabetes.

A German study found that eating oats for just two days can lower "bad" cholesterol by 10% and reduces diabetes risk in ...

Cardiologists and a dietitian break down the new research.

Since then, doctors have known that oats can be helpful in treating a number of metabolic issues. The credit is usually attributed to the fiber that forms a gel and “traps” the cholesterol. A study ...

Eating nothing but oatmeal for just two days might sound extreme, but it delivered a striking payoff in a new clinical trial. People with metabolic syndrome who followed a short, calorie-reduced ...

Eating a diet of mainly oatmeal for two days could slash your cholesterol, with beneficial effects lasting for at least six weeks, a study suggests. The radical diet was found to alter the balance of ...

A new study led by Mary Christine Simon at the Institute for Nutrition and Food Science at Bonn University has shown that consuming a very low calorie and concentrated oat diet over a short period of ...

A brisk, two-day diet built almost entirely around oatmeal has been shown to cut harmful LDL cholesterol by 10 per cent in ...

A University of Bonn study found that an intensive two-day oat-based diet reduced LDL cholesterol by about 10 percent in people with metabolic syndrome. The research suggests gut microbes convert oat ...

Dietitians explain how oatmeal affects blood sugar in the short and long term.

A new study shows that a short-term oatmeal diet may help lower cholesterol. Image Credit: Sibila and Pavel/Stocksy Oats and oatmeal are often linked to various health benefits. These might include ...