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.)
Overnight oats are just normal oats left in liquid overnight to skip the cooking step.
What processing were you thinking of? If anything they are less processed than normal oats since they aren't cooked.
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?
Losing body fat will often have the biggest impact by far if one is overweight, though. It also stabilizes blood sugar and has a lot of benefits in general.
I think the trends are a reflection of poor education. Fiber/protein/whatever being important components of a diet isn't new information. But the information is new to folks that never had nutrition explained to them.
"Eat a varied diet" seems boring but maybe those influencers selling pills made from 500 vegetables were ahead of the curve all along.
The trends are a strange type of nutrition entertainment for people to read and then ignore in practice. There is some kind of psychological comfort in the knowing you can switch to oatmeal next week while gorging yourself at the Cheesecake Factory.
Oatmeal is good for you. News at a 11. We have known this for at least that last 50 years.
The article is a little densely worded.
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 effect (with the resulting lowering of cholesterol) persists for weeks after even 2 days of oats.
Dropping this here in case anyone else has a mysterious and unpleasant reaction to oats.
Not terribly difficult, you never feel hungry. The worst part was how sore my jaw felt from the excessive chewing of the bulk mass. Which is funny for something so mushy, but my instinct was to chew it a good amount. Also, it is a lot of fiber. Feel like the effect might just have to do with cleaning out every surface of my digestive tract.
Four out of ten US adults are insulin resistant.
I have no idea how to balance the blood sugar damage with the cholesterol damage.
My approach is to have a modest amount and increase the nuts and chia mixed with it, alongside berries and yogurt.
Oatmeal is great, but a calorie restricted diet made practically entirely of oatmeal isn't exactly a useful determinant.
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.
My body hates me.
I believe for some of us its purely genetic.
I'm still young so my doctor isn't terribly concerned, but in 10 years I'll probably have to be on statins.
Egg whites, lean meats, etc? Strict whole food plant based?
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.
Bad: Oatly
Steel cut is just a different thing altogether. I like mine a bit on the firm side, with butter, brown sugar. On top, some plain yogurt pair nicely. Cranberries and walnuts are pretty great too.
I think one-minute/instant oatmeal is terrible, no matter how it's prepared, which is unfortunately most people's first experience with oatmeal.
How can I tell if oatmeal would have more fiber?
I also eat basically an entire romaine earth at lunch and cooked veggies at dinner.
Fiber is definitely the only things that makes me full without making me fat.
All starchy foods make cholesterol go up, while all animal proteins make it go down, since digesting them consumes LDL. People only campaign against this scientific evidence because there are so many of us in the world, too many, and there isn't enough animal protein for everyone, especially if you focus on economically profitable production instead of distributed subsistence production wherever possible.
