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My doctor had me on statins because I tested with high cholesterol. I switched to oatmeal for breakfast. Stopped statins tested again. Totally normal.
by tim-tday 8mo ago
My doctor had me on statins because I tested with high cholesterol. I switched to oatmeal for breakfast. Stopped statins tested again. Totally normal.
- WarOnPrivacy 8mo agoHow do you take your oatmeal?
- soopypoos 8mo agoButtered
- derwiki 8mo agoSavory: add a fried egg, soy sauce, and cottage cheese
- Noumenon72 8mo agoLike stirred in? Or as sides?
- Lord_Zero 8mo agoI think that was a joke, all those things increase cholesterol. Egg yolks high in bad cholesterol, soy sauce has tons of sodium, and cottage cheese high in fat.
- KittenInABox 8mo agoIIRC the relationship between cholesterol and diet is more complicated than eating cholesterol == more cholesterol. Especially in this case you're eating cholesterol with a high-fiber meal which prevents a significant amount of the absorption of it.
- strken 8mo agoCottage cheese is quite low in fat for cheese. The one at my local supermarket is 11.3g protein, 2.4g fat, 6.3g carbs, and it's not a diet version. It's still very salty and most of the carbs are in the form of the sugar lactose, I'm not really recommending it as a health food, it's just comparatively low in fat.
- derwiki 8mo agoHaha sorry never meant to imply it was a cholesterol friendly meal, it’s just how I make my oatmeal.
- benatkin 8mo agoGood: Oat flakes. I like Bob's Red Mill in North America and Karavansay in Colombia. Boil them a short time, drain part or all of the water, and eat them with a little bit of honey or a fruit such as blueberries. Bad: Oatly
- nomel 8mo agoI usually eat mine like cereal, uncooked old-fashioned in cold milk, with a bit of honey or brown sugar for flavor. Apparently this is normal overseas. 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.
- OutOfHere 8mo agoHoney is good, but there is never a reason to add any sugar even if brown. Oatmeal can be sweetened with practically any fruit. Berries work really well, whether dried or fresh. I add wild blueberries.
- ac29 8mo ago> Berries work really well, whether dried or fresh. Frozen berries work really well too and they are much cheaper than fresh. Just have to leave them out for an hour (or overnight in the fridge) to thaw
- lanfeust6 8mo agoI 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.
- fibonachos 8mo agoOvernight oats have been my go to lunch and pre workout meal for a couple years now. 75g 0% Greek Yogurt, 75g Almond Milk, 10g Maple Syrup, 8g ISOpure unflavored protein powder, 8g PBfit powdered peanut butter, Salt to taste. Whisk everything else together in one bowl. Pour over 85g of old fashioned oats and stir. 511 calories, 79g carbs, 30g protein, 9g fat. Easy to tune the recipe to macro targets. Cholesterol numbers are great.
- kulahan 8mo agoI 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.
- tim-tday 8mo agoI use minute oats. Drop in boiling water, toss in a Half handful of raisins or crasins.
- nlawalker 8mo agoPeanut butter, chia seed and banana slices.
- ThrowawayP 8mo agoIf you make plain oatmeal with less water so that it is thick rather than runny, it can be treated like a side dish like mashed potatoes or polenta in a savory meal. It can be a bit odd at first for people who are used to thinking of oatmeal as a sweetened food but it's something one can get accustomed to quickly and avoids the downside of consuming extra sugar.
- roncesvalles 8mo agoIn my opinion oatmeal is better as a spicy-savory rather than a sweet dish. You could add black pepper and a bit of salt to it and maybe a hot sauce for even more flavor. Montreal steak spice also works well. Could take it to the next level with green peas, diced carrots and other things. In fact once you go savory, you'll never go back. Sweet oatmeal grosses me out.
- zem 8mo agolook up upma, a semolina based indian breakfast dish that can be adapted to oats pretty easily.
- OutOfHere 8mo agoI add 1-2 tbsp of soy milk powder (not to be confused with soy protein powder) which adds bulk. In the end I add wild blueberries to sweeten it. Sometimes I add chia seeds, especially if I can leave it soaked overnight.
- jcynix 8mo agoWe heat up unskimmed milk, add oatmeal, let them soak for at least 10 minutes. Then serve them and pour a little bit of cold milk over the cooked oatmeal. Plain, or add some fresh fruit, nuts, berries to taste.
- brianwawok 8mo agoMmm oatmeal. Breakfast of champions. I usually do it for about 330 days a year. Take a month off every once in a while..
- ridiculous_leke 8mo agoWhat do you have for breakfast before that if I may ask?
- tim-tday 8mo agoUsed 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.
- davidmurdoch 8mo agoFrom what LDL-C or AboB level to what?
- Loughla 8mo agoI've eaten oatmeal for breakfast, have a heart healthy diet, and exercise regularly. My total cholesterol and especially LdL are always massively high. My body hates me.
- netcraft 8mo agoI have high cholesterol, have had for more than a decade. Was on a statin, they didnt help. Doubled them, they didnt help. Changed my diet radically, lost 25 lbs (I was a little overweight, but not bad), ate full medeteranian diet and did everything I could, my numbers didnt budge. Changed to a stronger one and within two weeks my numbers were perfect. I believe for some of us its purely genetic.
- lowercased 8mo ago"Changed to a stronger one" Changed to a stronger one what?
- EPWN3D 8mo agoThere are some people who just have high cholesterol but none of the other risk factors. I'm one of them. I did a calcium score on my heart, and it came back clean. The cardiologist basically said my cholesterol is just part of who I am, and it's not causing problems. If you're similar to me, you might want to get a second opinion. There are different kinds of LdL cholesterol, and the small, dense particles are the ones that cause blockages. Big puffy ones don't. I have mostly big puffy ones, but classifying them is a different test that has to be special-ordered. I also have a very low resting heart rate, exercise regularly, have a high VO2Max, and have a healthy diet. So the claim that I was at major risk of a cardiac episode just didn't pass the smell test. If it wasn't for those things, I probably wouldn't have asked questions when my doctor said I should go on a statin.