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Just two days of oatmeal cut bad cholesterol by 10%

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Re: Just two days of oatmeal cut bad cholesterol by 10%

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My doctor had me on statins because I tested with high cholesterol. I switched to oatmeal for breakfast. Stopped statins tested again. Totally normal.

Mmm oatmeal. Breakfast of champions. I usually do it for about 330 days a year. Take a month off every once in a while..

Re: Just two days of oatmeal cut bad cholesterol by 10%

#7
Fiber is the ultimate nutritional power tool.

Not only does fiber reduce cardiovascular mortality by 26% (by cutting cholesterol), surprisingly enough, fiber even reduces your risk of cancer by 22%: https://www.empirical.health/blog/dietary-fiber-reduces-all-...

(Oatmeal is high in fiber, among other things, which I think is part of what's going on here.)

Re: Just two days of oatmeal cut bad cholesterol by 10%

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This has been widely known in bodybuilding and powerlifting circles, people abusing performance enhancing drugs eat things like oats to mitigate the harmful effects of the drugs on their cholesterol, and regularly do blood work to monitor it and see that it is working.
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