Bad news for oatmeal lovers: Experts in Australia have found a correlation between dietary intake and bone fragility.
An experiment conducted by scientists showed that regular consumption of oatmeal can be harmful to health due to the ability of oatmeal to flush calcium from the body. And also a number of useful microelements – zinc, magnesium, phosphorus, and many other substances.
The harm to the body, doctors say, is not caused by the product itself, but by the phytic acid contained in it. It not only leaches calcium from the bones, but besides this, it does not allow its absorption by the stomach. Therefore, it is hardly worth getting carried away with oatmeal.
However, scientists do not urge to abandon it, since the product contains many substances that are extremely beneficial to health. With the help of oatmeal, for example, you can get rid of extra pounds, normalize the digestive tract. To do this, it is enough to consume oatmeal no more than 3 times a week.