Prof Sarah Berry

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ZOE Science & Nutrition · LIVE Q&A: Your gut health, dementia and weight loss questions answered by Prof Tim Spector, Prof Sarah Berry & Dr Federica Amati · 25 Jun 2026 podcast

But they're also high in a particular fibre called beta-glucan.

And beta-glucan, we know, once you get to a certain dose, which you can if you're having porridge regularly...

can significantly reduce your cholesterol levels, but particularly reduce your LDL cholesterol, which is your bad cholesterol.

So I would consider them a heart-healthy breakfast, as well as healthy because of the other micronutrients, fiber that's in them.

I think as well, Jonathan, we can consider it as a foundation of the breakfast rather than the standalone breakfast.

If you can add in other sources of healthy fats and healthy protein, you're going to balance out your blood sugar, even if you typically get a spike from it.

It'll keep you fuller for longer.

You won't be on that roller coaster.

So add nut butters to it or add nuts, seeds, you know, these kind of toppings.

And then you're really kind of boosting a foundation that's very good with added plants and diversity as well.

Snacking itself is not bad for you.

It's about what you snack on.

We know in the UK, in the US, in many countries, we get between 20 to 25%, so a quarter of our calories from snacks.

That's huge.

And I think rather than demonizing snacking, we should be embracing it if we are a snacker.

as a really simple single dietary strategy to improve our health i've run a randomized control trial where the only thing i changed in individuals was their snacks i said keep everything else the same after just six weeks people improved their blood lipids so their cholesterol their blood vessel function to such an extent it equated to a 30 reduction in cardiovascular disease risk

just from changing their snacks.

And that shows the power of snacking.

The problem is, is in the UK, many of us snack on the wrong foods.

We know, again, from our own ZuriPredict research, that about 40% of people that put in loads of effort over their main meals undo it all by eating really poor quality snacks.

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