Is it the oatmeal itself or the glyphosate present in all oatmeal?
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%
#32Oatmeal reliably spikes my blood sugar. Not as much as many other carbs, but enough that I avoid it. Each time an insulin resistant person eats it, it causes a little more permanent damage. Four out of ten US adults are insulin resistant. I have no idea how to balance the blood sugar damage with the cholesterol damage.
glycemic index of steel cut is low, whereas large-flake is medium-high, and instant oats are high. Though you have to account for load.
My approach is to have a modest amount and increase the nuts and chia mixed with it, alongside berries and yogurt.
Re: Just two days of oatmeal cut bad cholesterol by 10%
#33My doctor had me on statins because I tested with high cholesterol. I switched to oatmeal for breakfast. Stopped statins tested again. Totally normal.
How do you take your oatmeal?
I soak mine overnight with nuts, in water and a tsp of yogurt, then drain/rinse off in the morning. Steel-cut if I'm cooking it stove-top, large-flake if I'm just microwaving the oats. Serve with the nuts, alongside berries and whatever else.
Years ago I'd sometimes go over-the-top with homemade kefir, cocoa nibs, lemon zest. I stopped the kefir habit not so much because of the hassle but because I didn't want to consume that much volume of dairy every day. I get enough lactic acid from kimchi, and protein from other sources.
Re: Just two days of oatmeal cut bad cholesterol by 10%
#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
Wait, how does fiber cut cholesterol? The article is a little densely worded.
iirc, from older articles, which differ from this nice result, bile acids contain cholesterol(s) and they're generally reabsorbed in the intestines, so the fiber is conjectured to bind with some before reabsorption, expelling the bound fraction of circulating cholesterol in feces. this result in the paper is very interesting in the conjecture is that the gut microbiome is altered in a beneficial way, and that the eff…
We know almost nothing about how digestion works, but fiber has the added benefit of lining your intestines, preventing the absorption of some nutrients. It also helps push things through, so they spend less time sitting around being absorbed.
Re: Just two days of oatmeal cut bad cholesterol by 10%
#35Fiber 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.)
Oh boy. Now we’re entering the fiber era. We’re just leaving the protein era. Before that it was the intermittent fasting era. Before that it was the keto era. The low fat era was probably a few before that.
I hear about fiber constantly all of the sudden. You might be right about it, but how do we know it’s different than. All the past nutrition tends?
Re: Just two days of oatmeal cut bad cholesterol by 10%
#36Steal-cut oatmeal made in Insta Pot is the best thing in the world. I do 2.5 to 1 ratio. It is important to not let the steam out. It takes about 30 minutes plus another 10 to cool. Set it and forget it. Add raisons and cinnamon at the end. Or, let freshly minced ginger steep with some orange zest.
Re: Just two days of oatmeal cut bad cholesterol by 10%
#37My doctor had me on statins because I tested with high cholesterol. I switched to oatmeal for breakfast. Stopped statins tested again. Totally normal.
How do you take your oatmeal?
I like a splash of maple syrup, oat milk, and maybe half a packet of sweetener if I'm feeling cheeky. Cocoa nibs and dried fruits are excellent too.
Re: Just two days of oatmeal cut bad cholesterol by 10%
#38My doctor had me on statins because I tested with high cholesterol. I switched to oatmeal for breakfast. Stopped statins tested again. Totally normal.
What do you have for breakfast before that if I may ask?
Used to have a single egg, slice of peperjack cheese draped over it and some fruit. sometimes + meat of some sort. Nothing I thought of as overly unhealthy.
Re: Just two days of oatmeal cut bad cholesterol by 10%
#39I consume these so often for breakfast that I've calibrated the "core" meal many times. Personally I think the optimal amount is less than you would think, to make room for other ingredient pairings like berries, nuts and fermented dairy.
It's not the laziest method but I like soaking them overnight. Without being too fussed about phytic acid in a balanced diet, soaking still improves digestibility and nutrient absorption.