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If you can get oats, get them.  They’re rich in undigestible carbs and fat digesting enzymes.

“Oats contain from two to five times the fat that wheat does, mainly in the bran ad endosperm rather than the germ, and also carry large amounts of a fat digesting enzyme.”

“They’re rich in indigestible carbohydrates called beta-glucans, which absorb and hold water, give hot oatmeal its smooth, thick consistency, have a tenderizing, moistening effect in baked goods, and help lower our blood cholesterol levels.  The glucans are found mainly in the outer layers of the endosperm under the aleurone layer, and so are especially concentrated in oat brans.”

- From “On Food and Cooking” by Harold Mc Gee