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Re: Two days of oatmeal reduce cholesterol level

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Post by EZ-E »

rayiner wrote: post #176
EZ-E wrote: post #45

I fixed my high cholesterol problem with oats... Months ago I replaced my daily dinner with a mix of oats + banana + protein powder + 1 tbsp olive oil + peanut butter + flaxseeds + oat milk - all mixed in a blender. My bad cholesterol (LDL levels) tanked from 160 mg/dL to 91 mg/dL. My daily dinners before that were not even that unhealthy. Dropping sat fat intake had nowhere near that much effect for me. For me and I…

Do you cook the oats beforehand?

I don’t, they’re rolled oats and blended they are easy to drink as long as there is enough liquid

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Post by andrekandre »

LazyMans wrote: post #248

Rolled oats tend to give me anxiety, notice the issue with other large amounts of carbs in the AM. Anybody else have that issue? I figure it's a glycemic index issue. I don't believe the issue was present with steelcut.

i cant eat carbs in the morning either, i usually wait til afternoon/early evening before taking carbs (and thats same for rolled oatmeal; sometimes i'll have that for dinner actually)

i should try steel-cut someday...

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Post by nielsbot »

Meta: On oats for breakfast:

I much prefer steel cut oats to rolled and/or instant.

1/4 cp is good for breakfast for one person.

It's much more interesting if you mix in a small amount of other grains. I like to add a large pinch each of farro, barley and buckwheat. Very important: also add a pinch of salt.

Add plenty of water and cook on low while you take your morning shower and get dressed. (20-30 mins)

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Post by oowahahahah »

TLDR- lower your cholesterol for 6+ weeks when you eat 300g of oatmeal per-day @ 2 days in-a-row.

its more effective than daily oatmeal consumption (80g per day)

Oats only! (with some fruit and veg garnish ok)

ymmv- Tested on people with high cholesterol only

meta: expect to see "cholesterol cleanse diet" in your ai generated ads?

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nielsbot wrote: post #263

Meta: On oats for breakfast: I much prefer steel cut oats to rolled and/or instant. 1/4 cp is good for breakfast for one person. It's much more interesting if you mix in a small amount of other grains. I like to add a large pinch each of farro, barley and buckwheat. Very important: also add a pinch of salt. Add plenty of water and cook on low while you take your morning shower and get dressed. (20-30 mins)

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Post by beAbU »

pax wrote: post #211
beAbU wrote: post #157

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You can skip the whole cooking part if you leave your oats and water mixed overnight! Put your oats, portion of milk, some berries, cinnamon and honey in a container and leave it in the fridge overnight. Do it now. Come thank me tomorrow morning once you've tried it.

Is there an added health or digestive benefit of fully soaking the oats, overnight or microwaved? Or is it just a matter of taste? I just add some hot water and milk (indeed I'm not sure if what I have are plain or instant oats)

Plain oats is a pain in the ass to cook. It takes real long and requires constant vigilance. Instant oats just needs some boiling water and 30 seconds in the microwave.

I might be wrong, but I do think non-instant oats is more nutritious.

But to answer your question, it's a combo of laziness and taking care of future me. Nothing beats opening the fridge in the morning, groggy AF, and finding delish breakfast ready to go, and it's dirt easy to prepare with no pots to clean afterwards.

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Post by beAbU »

walthamstow wrote: post #172
beAbU wrote: post #157

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You can skip the whole cooking part if you leave your oats and water mixed overnight! Put your oats, portion of milk, some berries, cinnamon and honey in a container and leave it in the fridge overnight. Do it now. Come thank me tomorrow morning once you've tried it.

This works well for rolled oats but not for steel cut. Both types are much nicer cooked in a pot with stirring to bring out the creaminess (like risotto).

Overnight oats made with milk and yoghurt in equal proportions has all the creaminess you could ever dream of.

Hell, go full insanity mode and make your overnight oats with cream!

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Post by uxp100 »

mhb wrote: post #167
sci_prog wrote: post #60

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I've been doing something similar for breakfast, one cup of oatmeal + one cup of water and about two tablespoons of chia seeds, microwave for 2 minutes. Add a banana and some honey, top it with whole roasted almonds and some raspberries. It has been doing wonders for my digestion. I'll have to try to add olive oil as well. My LDL was 150 last time I checked. I wonder what it is now since I've been doing this meal sev…

> one cup of oatmeal + one cup of water Do you need a knife and fork?

Not the poster, but I grew up eating oatmeal that you would slice. Toss a pot on the wood stove, done when you remembered to grab it. Milk and honey on soft slices of oatmeal. Honestly don’t eat oatmeal much today, but was confused the first time I had oatmeal away from him and it wasn’t at least like lumpy. I’m sure that pot had to be soaked for a half an hour every morning.

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Post by lithocarpus »

sn9 wrote: post #238
lithocarpus wrote: post #224

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My guess is something like, because there aren't patents on food. There's no financial incentive for the healthcare industry to promote a healthy lifestyle.

Doctors and public health organizations literally have dietary and physical activity guidelines.

True, it is more complicated.

For one, there could be some financial incentives mixed in in that health insurance companies would want their people to be healthier so they don't pay out as much, but it's not that simple for them either - the health industry as a whole profits more if there is more treatment ergo more health problems. If health care was cheap or less needed the insurers themselves would make less.

More importantly, there can be other than financial incentives mixed in for doctors and public health organizations to encourage health. Doctors for example take an oath and I think often genuinely want their people to be healthy. Public health organizations may be more murky but there's definitely a financial and otherwise incentive for the government itself minus those corrupted by the health industry, to want people to have less health problems.

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Post by kstenerud »

Palmik wrote: post #156
fuzztester wrote: post #85

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Greek yogurt has a lot of protein?

Actual Greek yogurt will have 8-12% of it's weight in protein. Another option might be curd / quark (differs a lot per country).

Quark is also simple to make. 1 part buttermilk to 4 parts milk (3% or better), ferment it at 40 degrees C for 20 hours, then strain it overnight.
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