Soaking your oats overnight will help a lot

One of the common and popular ways I know of preparing oats is by first soaking them overnight in water. Phytin acid is seen as a challenge when preparing the oats. Phytic acid can block the absorption of certain minerals like zinc or iron. If you prepared your oats by either cooking them quickly or cooking them in a dry manner, then you will also have phytin still in your oats.

If you included blueberries when you prepared the oats which I don't do very often infact I've done it twice in my entire life, but by adding that you may have included some vitamin C as a supplement which helps the absorption of the important minerals.

As I was cooking some this morning, I thought about how sometimes the pot I use to cook on the stove takes forever to warm up, and if I had not soaked the oats I would have wasted time. The important nutrients found in oats will not enter my body as they should if the oats are not fully dissolved. This is common sense but some do not realize soaking oats can be a very simple solution but are unwilling to do it because it's added work.

Because I know I'll have oats for dinner today, I've already started soaking. Of course it's a breakfast food but I feel like oats for this evening.

A little lemon juice may help too but it won't taste good when you mix it with the milk. What makes us like oats? They are just cereal really but health is what counts. Soak your oats in water at night. The phytic acid will be gone by morning. You don't have to worry too much about it. The only worry I have is that the bowl is sometimes too small for the amount of fruit I would like to put on top but like I said I don't add the berries often.

So don't cook them straight out of the package when you can do this and help yourself.

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