Okay, I know they saaaaaaaay you can lower your cholesterol by eating oatmeal, but I don’t know anyone who’s tried it.
I’m thinking about alternating oatmeal and Cheerios every other day. I’m trying to drop about 40 points off my reading.
Have you done this? How long did it take? Is it realistic to think I could lower it that much?
I’m also going to drink OJ, which I’m told is another good way to bring the numbers down.
Anyone?
Oatmeal is especially good at lowering your cholesterol if you eat it instead of bacon and eggs every morning. (Note: do not put bacon bits in the oatmeal.)
I was hoping there was no truth to that rumor. Damn it. Back to the drawing board!
For about a year, I have replaced my breakfast of crap* with oatmeal for 4 days a week. I have significantly reduced my Cholesterol levels, but I also increased by fiber intake via a lot more salads and increased my exercise.
The Oatmeal does help, but it is no magic pill.
Jim
Well, don’t take my word for it. You need no excuse to enjoy a wonderful piping hot bowl of oatmeal. With raisins, of course.
I loves me some Quaker Oats.
I like Cheerios Day better than Oatmeal Day. But I’m working on it.
I’m also snacking on dry Cheerios. Like a toddler!
About 2 years ago I switched from no breakfast in the morning to a bowl of instant oatmeal every morning and my cholesterol dropped about 30 points. YMMV, but I don’t see any harm in trying it.
Try steel cut oats. They really lowered my #'s and they’re better tasting (texture wise) than those snotty rolled oats.
Where does one get these strange, yet interesting oats?
That’s what I’m talkin’ about!
Last time I went to the doctor, he said my cholesterol was down, too, but I don’t know which should get the credit: the bowl of Quaker Oats I eat every morning, or the half a Lipitor I take around the same time. I figure the oats don’t hurt.
You cook it?! I eat it like nature intended, straight from the packet 
Well wait a moment then…where would one get these magic pills of which you speak?
I was on the Crestor a couple years back, but I went off it. I think I just need to change my eating habits. This time, he didn’t mention the Crestor and told me to try the diet, so here I am.
I’ve heard oatmeal was good but never heard about O.J.
According to the Mayo Clinic, your right
I can’t tell you the numbers because I didn’t ask my doc and he didn’t tell me mine. I can say that he went from wanting to put me on a med for cholesterol to telling me that mine was good after a few months of eating oatmeal.
Okay, okay, okay! I’ll try the damn oatmeal.
On steel cut, it does have a very different texture, so if you’ve tried oatmeal before and didn’t like it, give this a try. As to where to get it, try higher-end grocery stores (around here, that would be Fresh Market, Whole Foods, and the Harris Teeter in the fancy neighborhood, YMMV).
A low speed police chase will lower cholesterol? Who knew?
I am looking to buy myself some oatmeal also. How do you make them taste better than boiled grain without losing the benefit of eating the oats?
Oatmeal doesn’t come in a packet. It comes in cardboard boxes with very poor packing efficiency.
I eat plain oatmeal (store brand rolled oats) with about a teaspoon of brown sugar and maybe a tablespoon of milk to cut the gluey texture. I already have awesomely good cholesterol levels (and my ‘good’ cholesterol level is very very high), but eating this is very low calorie (two points per serving) and keeps me filled up until afternoon. It takes only 1.5 minutes in the microwave, too.