The oat bran is the outer layer of the whole oat kernel, often called the berry or groat. When the whole kernel is milled, the coarser bran can be separated from the finer oat flour. Oat flour is used ...

I am resolutely opposed to health- and diet-related New Year’s resolutions. They fray your willpower at the most depressing time of the year. They cause yoga studios and gyms to be annoyingly crowded ...

Unlike that sugar bomb you’d get at the quickie mart, these muffins are made without flour and contain only 2g of (natural) sugar per muffin. Store an extra batch in the freezer for up to two months.

Question: I totally loved your raisin bran muffins with flaxsed. You could say I’m addicted. So, I was hoping you had another muffin recipe with flaxseed. I find muffins are an easy way to get my ...

Oat bran is the latest craze in the world of fiber. Does that mean that wheat bran is passe? Will oat bran really lower cholesterol levels, as recent studies have suggested, or is it just another ...

Dear New England Journal of Medicine: I am thirtysomething. Some of my friends say there is no special benefit in oat bran. My doctor says, ”If you see it in the New England Journal of Medicine, it`s ...

Remember oat bran? For a while, a few years ago, it was promoted as the cure-all for elevated cholesterol levels. You couldn’t negotiate a supermarket aisle without encountering any number of packages ...

It’s a powerhouse porridge that will keep you going ‘til lunch. I tend to go through breakfast phases. I’ve always been that way—fixating on a food until it finally begins to bore me. For a few months ...

First it was touted as a panacea: Eat oat bran, and watch your high cholesterol disappear, we were told. Quick to cash in on the public’s health consciousness, food manufacturers put oat bran in ...

I tend to go through breakfast phases. I’ve always been that way—fixating on a food until it finally begins to bore me. For a few months, I’ll crave nothing but cottage cheese with pineapple, and then ...