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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 Dylan16807 »

sublinear wrote: post #7

I think the main thing is to understand why oatmeal works: soluble fiber and the gut bacteria feeding on the carbs. That can be achieved within many other diets too. I wish they were more specific in saying what's special about oats, if anything. I also get upset when I see a ton of junk options at the grocery store. They are talking about plain cut oats and whole fresh fruit, but based on the way shelves are stocked…

> You might as well be eating honey smacks at that point.

I don't see how. Adding sugar doesn't remove the fiber.

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Post by sevg »

jimnotgym wrote: post #73

Porridge? Is Oatmeal what some people call Porridge?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oatmeal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porridge

Oatmeal is a more specific term than porridge, because porridge isn’t necessarily made from oats (eg, rice in Asia).

Though in the UK, when someone says “porridge” they almost always mean oat porridge or oatmeal.

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Post by yorwba »

ares623 wrote: post #72

Are we talking instant oat meal here? Or something more raw like rolled or even cut oats? I tried to get into rolled or cut but the prep time was hard to keep up with.

"Each oat meal comprised 100 × g of rolled oat flakes (Demeterhof Schwab GmbH & Co. KG, Windsbach, Germany) boiled in water."

Re: Two days of oatmeal reduce cholesterol level

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snthpy wrote: post #61
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…

Interesting. I have almost the same smoothie every morning minus the banana and oats. Instead I use psyllium husks for fibre. My cholesterol has been in range for years despite eating almost exclusively saturated fat since I'm in the keto camp. Just watched an interesting episode by Peter Attia and Layne Norton on seed oils which might shift my view on PUFAs a bit. Thoughts?

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Post by laurencerowe »

racecar789 wrote: post #49

If switching to oatmeal, go with the unflavored raw oats. It's not bad once a person gets used to it. Substituting milk with water is also perfectly fine. Eating a low sugar breakfast does feel pretty healthy.

I much prefer the texture of porridge made in a pan on the stove to that made in the microwave. The stirring releases the starches from the oats.

I use rolled oats and cook with just salt and water which avoids the risk of the milk burning if you are inattentive, then add milk or yoghurt (and raw brown sugar) to my bowl.

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Post by mytailorisrich »

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…

Part of the effect is caused by the heavy calorie restriction as the control group also saw LDL lowering but less.

Indeed they suggest that the difference may be due to changes in gut microbiome caused by oatmeal.

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