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Why oatmeal keeps you full 为什么吃了燕麦片会觉得格外饱 Glance through a popular magazine ’s listof healthy breakfast foods and you ’ll likely find oatmeal in the group. Among other benefits, oatmeal is touted as having the ability to keep you full, effectively squelching the desire for that midmorning snack. In fact, a group of researchers recently found that a serving of instant oatmeal decreased the desire to eat more than the same amount of Honey Nut Cheerios, an oat-based cereal. I decided to talk with lead author Candida Rebello of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center to find out what makes oatmeal so special. 据《科学美国人》 （Scientific American ）25 日报道，随便看看流行杂志列出的 健康早餐食物， 你总会发现燕麦的身影。 燕麦有很多益处， 其中之一就是它能够 让你有饱腹感，能有效地阻止你在早上 10-11 点吃零食的欲望。其实，一些研究 人员最近发现比起同量的蜂蜜坚果麦片（含燕麦的谷物） ，一份速食燕麦更能降 低人的食欲。我决定采访一下潘宁顿生物研究中心的主任卡迪达 ·瑞伯乐 （Candida Rebello ），看看到底是什么让燕麦如此特别。 The story begins with dietary fiber, the part of plant foods that the body can ’t digest, which has been shown to promote a feeling of fullness. Both the oats in oatmeal and ready-to-eat oat-based cereals contain β-glucan, a type of soluble fiber. 一切要从食物纤维说起。 食物纤维是植物性食物不能被人体消化的那部分， 正是 这一部分提高了人的饱腹感。 燕麦片中的燕麦和含燕麦的即食谷类食物都含有可 溶纤维 beta 葡聚糖。 However, it ’s not just the fiber content that matters, according to Rebello and her fellow researchers. Fullness and the desire to eat may also be influenced by a property of fluids called viscosity, which, in this case, is generated by oat β-glucan. Rebello described viscosity as the slimy feel of oatmeal that you can both see in the bowl and feel in your mouth. Scientists think viscosity affects appetite by influencing the way foods interact with the mouth, as well as the stomach and intestines. For example, increased viscosity in the intestinal tract can stimulate