Here's Why You Should Eat Oatmeal Every Day

Eating whole grains could significantly reduce your risk of dying from heart disease. While whole grains are known to be healthy all around, new research links them to longer life expectancy.

Researchers at Harvard University studied over 100,000 people for 14 years, monitoring their diets and their health. Findings revealed that those who regularly ate grains, including porridge, brown rice, corn and quinoa, were protected from many illnesses, including heart disease.

Previous studies have shown that eating about 30 grams of whole grains per day helps to reduce the risk of death by 5 percent and heart deaths by close to 9 percent. Furthermore, what's even more interesting is that the boost remains even when adjusting for other lifestyle factors including smoking, drinking and excess weight.

Furthermore, the study results showed that swapping out one serving of red meat per day with a serving of whole grains helped to reduce the risk of death from cardiovascular disease by close to 20 percent.

"This study further endorses the current dietary guidelines that promote whole grains as one of the major healthful foods for prevention of major chronic diseases," said Qi Sun, a senior author of the study, in a news release.

However, researchers noted that the study did not find a connection between eating whole grains and reducing the risk of death from cancer.

More information regarding the findings can be seen via JAMA Internal Medicine.

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