How to turbocharge your day with nutritious oats

Oatmeal helps lower blood pressure, improves digestive health, and is a versatile option for a warming winter breakfast. What’s more, it’s grown right here in Ireland,

Irish-grown and versatile, oats make an ideal breakfast choice. Picture: iStock

Feeling a bit sluggish after all the festivities? Needing something warming and nutritious for these cold winter mornings? Irish-grown and enormously versatile, oats are a brilliant breakfast option. When it comes to nutrition, they tick all the boxes. They’re a good source of fibre, have the ability to lower cholesterol and blood glucose levels, reduce the risk of heart disease and diabetes, and can also help promote digestive health.

Oats come with a further benefit when they’re Irish-grown — no air miles means that they’re a sustainable food choice. The best-known Irish oat brand is the long-established, family-run Flahavan’s, based in the historic town of Kilmacthomas, Co Waterford.