BENEFITS OF OAT

The oat is generally cited as the most nourishing of all the cereals, and a good nerve food.

The fine oatmeal gruel of our grandmothers has gone almost entirely out of fashion, but its use might be revived with advantage. Like wheat, it is a complete food. A good preparation of groats (ground oats from which the husk has been entirely removed) may be taken by those who find other preparations indigestible.
Some persons seem unable to take oatmeal, its use being followed by a skin eruption. This is supposed to be due to a special constituent called “avenin,” the existence of which, however, is denied by some authorities.
There is little doubt but that persons of weak digestive powers and sedentary habits cannot digest porridge comfortably. In any case quickly-cooked porridge is an abomination.