As it turns a little colder this week, it’s nice to have a hot rather than cold breakfast at home, at your desk or on the go! Or maybe it is time to look at your breakfast habits and make a healthy change?
Porridge is the traditional breakfast of champions and traditional prison food, deriving from the word ‘pottage’ meaning ‘soup’ or ‘stew’. It has been doing the rounds for decades (actually the 16
th century!) yet there are more health benefits attached to porridge than many of us care to recognise.
Research has revealed that eating porridge, brown rice or corn each day can help protect the heart against disease. Wholegrains are already widely believed to be beneficial for health and studies have shown that those who eat the most whole grains seem to have better protection. It’s also a fact that youngsters who eat oats are 50% less likely to be overweight.
A small bowl of porridge each day could be the key to a longer and healthier lifestyle. Oats are the breakfast choice for many athletes and dieters as they are high in fibre and release energy slowly throughout the day keeping you feeling for fuller for longer, helping to reduce snacking and overeating.
Porridge and its wholegrains help to:
- Lower blood pressure
- Lower cholesterol
- Promote healthy gut bacteria and boost bone mineral density
- Provide a source of fibre and protein
- Reduce high blood sugars linked to diabetes
One fabulous fibre found in oats is called
beta-glucan and has been found to lower cholesterol, which helps towards to better heart health. Coronary heart disease is Britain’s biggest killer.
Benefits of instant porridge
Everyone can enjoy porridge for breakfast. While some culinary experts claim that the best way to cook it is very slow, not all of us have the luxury of time and need a quick and easy meal.
We live in an instant world and none more so than the porridge market. Just add
boiling water and your oats are ready to go! Happily, there are many leading brands of instant porridge pots on the market and in our high street cafes. In a wide variety of flavours, even without added sugar, these instant porridge pots simply need hot milk or boiling water adding to them.
We have partnered with a fellow Gloucestershire business whose porridge brand,
Wolfys, is unique. Each pot of Wolfys has another little pot of jam, marmalade or honey hidden inside, except in the plain & simple.
It’s great for busy people and an on-the-go lifestyle where time is short. Also appropriate for vegetarians and vegans (a growing range of vegan flavours). Simply add hot water, leave for four minutes and is porridge perfection in a pot!
Healthy and delicious
The research was the result of over 14 years of studying the diets of more than 100,000 people and along with corn, quinoa, brown rice, porridge scored consistently high. These superfoods have proven their worth in the battle with heart disease and other life-threatening illnesses.
Professional athletes have long since known the wonderful benefits of porridge at breakfast time and experts have even suggested that sticking with an oat-based meal in the morning will also increase our life expectancy. According to the
British Heart Foundation, the typical porridge consumer will probably also live a better lifestyle thanks to a conscious choice of this dish for their breakfast for a healthier heart.
Instant boiling KettleTap
By switching to porridge in the morning, you are also going to be making inroads to lowering your cholesterol level as well as looking after your heart. The great news is that instant porridge is just as tasty as the traditional style and you can make a delicious bowl in just a few seconds. Why not take advantage of these findings and use your instant boiling water tap to knock up a bowl of instant porridge!
An instant KettleTap makes porridge making so simple. Delivering boiling water at the touch of a button you can make a hot pot instantly. Not just porridge, instant pots of pasta, soup, couscous make delicious snacks at all times.
As part of our Black Friday campaign, the Duo Premium KettleTap is on special offer with a £100 off! This premium 2-in-1 tap offers both filtered boiling and cold water at the touch of a button. Interest-free finance is also available for domestic users making it affordable to spread the cost over a number of months at no extra charge.
In partnership with Wolfys, we are running a competition to win a fabulous KettleTap worth £1000. There are lots of prizes and you are in with a chance to win porridge packs, discount codes or maybe the top prize, a KettleTap so enter
spin to win here.
