Posted on 01/25/2026 9:05:10 PM PST by ConservativeMind
A short-term oat-based diet appears to be surprisingly effective at reducing the cholesterol level. This is indicated by a trial. The participants suffered from a metabolic syndrome—a combination of high body weight, high blood pressure, and elevated blood glucose and blood lipid levels. They consumed a calorie-reduced diet, consisting almost exclusively of oatmeal, for two days. Their cholesterol levels then improved significantly compared to a control group. Even after six weeks, this effect remained stable. The diet apparently influenced the composition of microorganisms in the gut.
Although the test subjects in the current trial were not diabetic, they suffered from a metabolic syndrome associated with an increased risk of diabetes. The characteristics include excess body weight, high blood pressure, an elevated blood sugar level, and lipid metabolism disorders.
The participants were asked to exclusively eat oatmeal, which they had previously boiled in water, three times a day. They were only allowed to add some fruit or vegetables to their meals. A total of 32 women and men completed this oat-based diet. They ate 300 grams of oatmeal on each of the two days and only consumed around half of their normal calories. A control group was also put on a calorie-reduced diet, although this did not consist of oats.
Both groups benefited from the change in diet. However, the effect was much more pronounced for the participants who followed the oat-based diet. "The level of particularly harmful LDL cholesterol fell by 10 percent for them—that is a substantial reduction, although not entirely comparable to the effect of modern medications," stresses Simon. "They also lost two kilos in weight on average and their blood pressure fell slightly."
A six-week diet, in which the participants consumed 80 grams of oats per day, without any other restrictions, achieved small effects.
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Thanks, sounds yummy. Willl checkout AlmondBreeze.
I was told 30 years ago that I had “metabolic syndrome.” Well, here I am at age 80 doing just fine. I’ll pass on the oatmeal thanks.
Well....I have all these packets of oatmeal...and since I’m trying to add a little b12 to my diet...i’ll use them up with whole milk....which has b12.
yeah, but would you -want- to live?
Butter! I’m think that was probably Verboten.
“How does oatmeal give you diabetes?”
Carbs. Forces pancreas to go into hyper-drive to get blood sugar down, then it burns out...which is Type 2.
“How does oatmeal give you diabetes?”
People know that to make omnivores like pigs or poultry grow big and fast, we feed them with grains (carbs) and NOT fat. Yet they are made to believe that grains would magically make humans lean and healthy, go figure...
“Oatmeal doesn’t give you diabetes.”
Why do you think the “experts” in oatmeal recommend to soak it overnight? To (hopefully) reduce the load of phytic acid thus (hopefully) reduce the toxicity of oatmeal, while lowering even more its glycemic index, making more severe insulin peaks.
“Healthy” food, yeah, sure...
increasing instead of “lowering”.
Just a little something to help clarify the situation
Some great ideas
Thank you!
Thanks CM!!
I think this has some validity worth trying
Wondering if regular or steelcut oats. I would not do quick oats or the individual jazzed up variety. Pure oats
FReeper Srmanuel had some good ideas(post 7 above)
I regularly do a two or three day fast to rest my gut. Next time will follow it up with this for two days. Adding only fresh fruit.
My son and i are basically on a one meal
A day. Preference for us both. We’ve done thus before we knew it is the Intermittent diet principal. For me the morning is my productive time. After first food, even if light, im done. Slow down significantly and often could sleep at drop of hat
Cholesterol levels are one of the big pharma scams there is...take your statins and send us money.
You point to a promotional mumbo jumbo for oats (from a website selling oatmeal, no less!!!) that explains that oat is healthy because... oat is “healthy” carbs.
That makes NO sense.
Oatmeal leads to diabetes like eating eggs leads to high cholesterol, both have really healthy vitamins and nutrients, but if you eat multiple dozens of eggs or eat boxes of oatmeal at every meal it will lead to problems.
Both are great parts of a healthy diet, but with most things over doing it can be bad....
Science has demonized cholesterol for half a century. Now they’re saying it’s not the killer they thought it was.
Our big epidemic right now is our constant consumption of food and drink that jacks blood glucose.
Hope you’re not taking statins - my cholesterol has always been “good”, but after I turned 50, a doctor told me I needed to start statins because the “Heart Association” recommended it for ALL men over 50. I told him I needed a ore compelling reason to put that poison in my body. And also mentioned they had no proof that using statins to lower cholesterol improved/extended lives. That was over 20 years ago - and another doctor recently told me that they stopped that BS recommendation because, in most cases, the statins were doing more harm than good.
I know of someone’s grandmother who had cholesterol in the mid 300’s.
She died very peacefully at about 97.
“Each meal consisted of 100 × g rolled oat flakes and has been consumed as porridge, prepared with water. Fruits restricted to apples, pears, and berries and vegetables restricted to spinach and leeks were used as additives and added to the meal plans of the Control Group in the same amount. No salt, sugar, or sweeteners were added. Participants in the Control Group consumed two meals per day comprising bread and raw vegetables (breakfast and dinner) and one warm meal per day (lunch) instead of their habitual diet. There was a time interval of four hours between meals. During this time, participants were required to consume only unsweetened beverages.”
What is the point in lowering cholesterol? Optimum levels for longevity are 190-260, not “under 200”. The whole cholesterol thing is a scam.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6367420/
People eating a crappy, standard American Diet will have higher cholesterol, but that is a symptom. Artificially reducing cholesterol, without addressing the high carb & sugar intake, will do nothing for long term health.
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