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Two days of oatmeal reduce cholesterol level

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Re: Two days of oatmeal reduce cholesterol level

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Post by mikestorrent »

wwwtyro wrote: post #32

My understanding is that: 1. When someone consumes fat, bile is released into the gut. 2. Oatmeal (and other soluble fibers like psyllium husk) capture this bile and it is excreted in stool. 3. In order to create the bile, the liver needs LDL. Because the LDL it used to create the bile was lost when it was captured, it exposes more LDL receptors and pulls LDL out of the bloodstream, thereby lowering LDL levels. It se…

So, me putting butter on my oatmeal is not gross and decadent, but actually the new health food craze?

Re: Two days of oatmeal reduce cholesterol level

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Post by mikestorrent »

wisemang wrote: post #31
wewewedxfgdf wrote: post #19

Oatmeal is food of the gods - BUT only if you don't pollute is with all sorts of add ons. Oatmeal and milk, nothing more. No fruit no nuts no sugar no honey no sprinkles of whatever. Perfect.

Bah. I love putting a layer of frozen blueberries at the bottom of the bowl then layering on piping hot steel cut oats to thaw and warm them up. You’re probably right that I shouldn’t add dried cranberries and a tiny drizzle of maple syrup on top (occasionally with thinly sliced bananas) but I’m happy enough to be wrong about it. I also skip the milk.

You're missing out on up to two or three extra months of life by enjoying yourself now! I hope you think about that when you're too old to think about things!

Re: Two days of oatmeal reduce cholesterol level

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Post by mikestorrent »

antonvs wrote: post #36
wewewedxfgdf wrote: post #19

Oatmeal is food of the gods - BUT only if you don't pollute is with all sorts of add ons. Oatmeal and milk, nothing more. No fruit no nuts no sugar no honey no sprinkles of whatever. Perfect.

Milk? Why the exception for that?

Civility

Re: Two days of oatmeal reduce cholesterol level

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Post by noman-land »

mikestorrent wrote: post #41
wwwtyro wrote: post #32

My understanding is that: 1. When someone consumes fat, bile is released into the gut. 2. Oatmeal (and other soluble fibers like psyllium husk) capture this bile and it is excreted in stool. 3. In order to create the bile, the liver needs LDL. Because the LDL it used to create the bile was lost when it was captured, it exposes more LDL receptors and pulls LDL out of the bloodstream, thereby lowering LDL levels. It se…

So, me putting butter on my oatmeal is not gross and decadent, but actually the new health food craze?

Nuts are also an option.

Re: Two days of oatmeal reduce cholesterol level

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Post by EZ-E »

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 assume for many others, lack soluble fibers are the root cause of high LDL levels.

Re: Two days of oatmeal reduce cholesterol level

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Post by 0xbadcafebee »

wewewedxfgdf wrote: post #19

Oatmeal is food of the gods - BUT only if you don't pollute is with all sorts of add ons. Oatmeal and milk, nothing more. No fruit no nuts no sugar no honey no sprinkles of whatever. Perfect.

The great thing about oatmeal is you can change the taste easily. Savory, sweet, spiced, aromatic, creamy, chewy, whatever you want.

My go-to is oatmeal with milk and pepper, but some days I want some aged cheddar, or smoked cheddar (mmmm!). Frozen wild blueberries/wineberries for a winter treat. Tumeric, ginger, cinnamon and honey if I'm getting sick. A fried egg and hot sauce if it's a lazy sunday.

Re: Two days of oatmeal reduce cholesterol level

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Post by blinded »

mikestorrent wrote: post #40
blinded wrote: post #39

Been trying to get into overnight oats (home made) for breakfast but its been hard to hit protein numbers, even with protein powder.

The study is suggesting two days of intense oats. You can go totally without protein for two days and barely notice it as long as you're keeping yourself full, and a big pile of oats does a surprisingly good job of that.

Once backpacking in Alaska I did oatmeal 10 days straight haha

Re: Two days of oatmeal reduce cholesterol level

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Post by kstenerud »

blinded wrote: post #39

Been trying to get into overnight oats (home made) for breakfast but its been hard to hit protein numbers, even with protein powder.

With just the oats it's hard. What I do is ferment my own greek yogurt (milk and starter in an instant pot for 9h, then strain it in the fridge overnight) and eat that with müsli mixed in (the German kind that's nothing but whole grains and some raisins, not the garbage that's basically breakfast cereal). Tastes great and gives you a ton of slow-release energy and protein.

Re: Two days of oatmeal reduce cholesterol level

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Post by x0x0 »

wgjordan wrote: post #33

It's well known that an oatmeal diet lowers cholesterol (the article itself cites a 1907 'oat cure' in its intro). The new finding here is insight into the exact mechanism- a short-term, high-dose oatmeal diet (300g/day for two days) had significantly greater LDL-lowering effect than a medium-term, moderate-dose oatmeal diet (80g/day for six weeks), and they associated the difference with increases in several plasma…

300g is a lot of oatmeal.

I eat Bob's Red Mill steel cut oats for breakfast every day; 1/2c dry is about 88g. That's a pretty decent meal. 3.5x that is probably most of what you eat that day.

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