BBC Good Food

21 October 2008

Tested

"I am 60 years of age and very fit and healthy, for each morning I have a bowl of porridge cooked in the ratio of one of oats to two of liquid, plus salt and sugar to taste. Normally the liquid is one of milk to one of water, but all water is fine. I cook it on the stove-top and near the end add chopped banana or apricots, apples and any fruit. Oats are the healthiest source of food and I can just have a large bowl in the morning and nothing else all day long, as it slowly releases energy. I have managed to convert many people to the cause and they all report weight-loss and have abandoned diets after not feeling the need for an evening meal. So, long live the oats !!!"