This cheap and filling breakfast could help to significantly lower cholesterol levels and minimise your risk of dangerous health complications Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter We have more newsletters Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter We have more newsletters Having high cholesterol is something we probably all want to avoid. It means you have too much of a fatty substance known as cholesterol in your blood. While this is not initially life-threatening, over time this can build up in the blood vessels.
This can cause blockages and prevent blood flowing properly through the arteries. As a result, having high cholesterol is a major risk factor for medical emergencies such as strokes and heart attacks. Like many medical conditions, there are several factors that can contribute to high cholesterol, with diet being one of them.
More specifically, eating too much saturated fat can raise your cholesterol levels. However, making certain changes to your diet can also lower your cholesterol levels. With this in mind, one expert shared a tasty superfood breakfast that could do just this.
Writing for the charity Heart Care Healthy Living , based in Walsall, exercise physiologist Ryan Hodgkinson recommended anyone with high cholesterol try eating overnight oats for breakfast. Overnight oats are a breakfast or snack made by soaking oats in liquid overnight - such as water, milks or yogh.