Getting hard to trust some doctors

@seadoug, I hadn't heard about red yeast rice pill & I'm going to look into that.

@Lawrence00, I'm a firm beleiver in the oatmeal.

When hubby & I both was working, we ate steel-cut oatmeal every morning during the week. We also went to wine tasting & drank red wine. Our blood panels were perfect & I thought the wine was the reason & never considered the oatmeal. The reason was all the talk about the benefits of red wine, but you didn't hear anything about oatmeal.

Fast forward to retirement & then finding out my cholesteral was going up. My nurse practioner wanted to put me on statins & I said no so she prescribed Fenofibrate. I took it for a year & it made no difference & I stopped but didn't tell her. I tried French grape seed extract (red wine ingredient) for a year & it made no difference. My levels went up & she asked me about the Fenobigrate & I told her I hadn't taken it for a long time & no, I'm not taking statins.

I did some checking & read about steel-cut oatmeal being used in a study where it was eaten 5 out 7 seven days & rates were lowered. I did that for 6 months until my next blood work was due. I shocked her with my blood panel because everything was within the limits & she said my blood work looked perfect. My last tests weren't as good because I fell of the oatmeal-wagon, but I'm getting back on.
 

Lilac said:
@seadoug, I hadn't heard about red yeast rice pill & I'm going to look into that.

@Lawrence00, I'm a firm beleiver in the oatmeal.

When hubby & I both was working, we ate steel-cut oatmeal every morning during the week. We also went to wine tasting & drank red wine. Our blood panels were perfect & I thought the wine was the reason & never considered the oatmeal. The reason was all the talk about the benefits of red wine, but you didn't hear anything about oatmeal.

Fast forward to retirement & then finding out my cholesteral was going up. My nurse practioner wanted to put me on statins & I said no so she prescribed Fenofibrate. I took it for a year & it made no difference & I stopped but didn't tell her. I tried French grape seed extract (red wine ingredient) for a year & it made no difference. My levels went up & she asked me about the Fenobigrate & I told her I hadn't taken it for a long time & no, I'm not taking statins.

I did some checking & read about steel-cut oatmeal being used in a study where it was eaten 5 out 7 seven days & rates were lowered. I did that for 6 months until my next blood work was due. I shocked her with my blood panel because everything was within the limits & she said my blood work looked perfect. My last tests weren't as good because I fell of the oatmeal-wagon, but I'm getting back on.
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I bake some food every week and steel-cut oatmeal cooked al dente is a major ingredient. This also helps with what they call satiety, my body senses that it really had a meal. I had also read that real steel-cut oats, not the new instant variety, digests in such a way to prevent insulin spike. I am content with my daily baked goods, but I also envision another easy method for a daily dose. Someone could cook a pot once a week and put big scoops in bags or small containers frozen. Then drop into soups, sides, yogurts etc. Magic food.
 
@Lawrence00, we use the real steel-cut & like them, but didn't know there was an instant one. Also use the long cooking old-fashioned rolled oats which also work & gives me a change of texture. I also use the rolled oats in meatloaf instead of bread.

Right now, we just started to cook them in a large batch & putting it in the fridge for 24-hours to turn them into starch resistant food in order loose some weight, but continue to eat this to lower our cholesterol. I wanted to try this out after reading an article put out by Ohio State which also talked other foods you can do this to. Does cooling starchy food after cooking really lower its calories?

This is another article I just found that is interesting: https://healthsystem.osumc.edu/pteduc/docs/resist_starch.pdf
 
Medicine via meme and utoob university!!! gotta love it!

From the op: "Truly, how can anyone think we need to prescribe statins to 50% of the population older than 40?!"

50% of the population is obese.

50% of the pop has heart disease, heading for 60% soon.

50% of pop taking statins is the bare minimum.
 
Lilac said:
@Lawrence00, we use the real steel-cut & like them, but didn't know there was an instant one. Also use the long cooking old-fashioned rolled oats which also work & gives me a change of texture. I also use the rolled oats in meatloaf instead of bread.

Right now, we just started to cook them in a large batch & putting it in the fridge for 24-hours to turn them into starch resistant food in order loose some weight, but continue to eat this to lower our cholesterol. I wanted to try this out after reading an article put out by Ohio State which also talked other foods you can do this to. Does cooling starchy food after cooking really lower its calories?

This is another article I just found that is interesting: https://healthsystem.osumc.edu/pteduc/docs/resist_starch.pdf
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Lilac.. jst a question if I may.....

When you chill the oats for 24 hours , don't they turn into a big solid blob of oats... because I find if I chill mine that's what happens...and also when you reheat the oats.. how do you do it ?... On the stove, in the microwave, how ?
 
hollydolly said:
Lilac.. jst a question if I may.....

When you chill the oats for 24 hours , don't they turn into a big solid blob of oats... because I find if I chill mine that's what happens...and also when you reheat the oats.. how do you do it ?... On the stove, in the microwave, how ?
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Yes, they are definitely a blob.

I just scoop out what I want in a bowl & put it in the microwave with a paper plate to keep in the steam. Depending on your microwave, I just do it for 30 to 45 seconds minutes at a time & stir before heating again. Once I get it to the temp I want, I may add a dash of sugar or fruit & a little milk stirring it all together.

We just started doing this & I like that it doesn't take long to get breakfast ready, especially when we have someplace to go. We like to eat oats, but I didn't like the idea of cutting them out since I want to lose some weight by cutting back on carbs.
 
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Lilac said:
Yes, they are definitely a blob.

I just scoop out what I want in a bowl & put it in the microwave with a paper plate to keep in the steam. Depending on your microwave, I just do it for 30 to 45 minutes at a time & stir before heating again. Once I get it to the temp I want, I may add a dash of sugar or fruit & a little milk stirring it all together.

We just started doing this & I like that it doesn't take long to get breakfast ready, especially when we have someplace to go. We like to eat oats, but I didn't like the idea of cutting them out since I want to lose some weight by cutting back on carbs.
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thanks Lilac.... ...I would like to be able to make enough for a couple of days at a time but I always find the cold blob of Oats the next day very unappealing...
 
I've been making the steel-cut oats for daily, for years as well as my wife. We make them using 2 methods. She follows the pkg directions, starting w bring water to boil, etc. Me on the other hand set the hob, @hollydolly, to a predetermined level/speed based on experience. Add the water, oats, and salt to the pot, set timer, and walk away. After cooking for 15 mins I add almonds, and frozen blueberries, and set timer for 10 mins - done. It takes about 5 mins longer to cook at 6200' vs sea level, water boils at lower temp at elevation.

The last month I've been doing the first step in the evening, covering the pot, and finish the cooking in the morning so I can leave the house in short order to go elk hunting.
 
Lilac said:
Yes, they are definitely a blob.

I just scoop out what I want in a bowl & put it in the microwave with a paper plate to keep in the steam. Depending on your microwave, I just do it for 30 to 45 minutes at a time & stir before heating again. Once I get it to the temp I want, I may add a dash of sugar or fruit & a little milk stirring it all together.

We just started doing this & I like that it doesn't take long to get breakfast ready, especially when we have someplace to go. We like to eat oats, but I didn't like the idea of cutting them out since I want to lose some weight by cutting back on carbs.
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Guessing you meant seconds not minutes in the microwave on reheating.
 
againstthegrain said:
Medicine via meme and utoob university!!! gotta love it!

From the op: "Truly, how can anyone think we need to prescribe statins to 50% of the population older than 40?!"

50% of the population is obese.

50% of the pop has heart disease, heading for 60% soon.

50% of pop taking statins is the bare minimum.
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Well, I suppose we can always just "trust the science".


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