How Effective is Oatmeal for Weight Loss? (in High Carb, High Fat, and Normal Diets)

I'm talking about 4 scientific studies to figure out how exactly oats affect our weight, on both high fat and high carb diets, as well as normal diets. Support me via Gofundme: gofund.me/36c9...
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[@chumki48]

That’s really commendable. Disabling all ads and not making it a business. Hats off!

[@elmadixon8293]

When I was growing up my dad had horses and my grandfather when he was young had farmed with horses because this was before the tractor . In the winter My father would give the horse oats every evening along with their hay. He said the oats would raise their metabolism so they would make more body heat to stay warm in the snowy cold winter where we lived. When spring arrived my dad would decrease the oats slowly. So sounds like farmers knew this about oats before the researchers. There is an old saying, "He is feeling his oats", which means the person is feeling high energy level.

[@mikelong651]

I eat oatmeal everyday for 5 years. Lost 80 lbs and has maintained the weight loss 😊

[@aloveaffairwithself]

I’ve been dealing with PCOS for the past 10 years and now that I’ve incorporated oats back into my diet, I am losing weight. I have tried EVERYTHING including Keto. Since I’ve reintroduced oats back into my diet, I’m down 1-2 pounds every week! EVERY week! Please understand how much progress that is being that many PCOS women cannot lose weight at all! I’m soooo shook!

[@p5rsona]

wow that is amazing good for you!

[@aubreymorgan9763]

i'm happy i've come across this. i have pcos too and my weight only ever seems to go up! I've been avoiding heavy carb foods like oatmeal because thats what they say to do.

[@amanda022]

Oatmeal is 90% of my diet for about 12 years. I've been maintaining a very low weight for a long time. I love oatmeal! Great video!

[@MichePhD]

Wow that's awesome! Thank you :)

[@izzyh.3581]

I just started eating oatmeal for it's fiber and was pleasantly surprised at how well it worked. If I don't have oatmeal for a day or two I'm still regular. I love having oatmeal with maple syrup rather than refined sugar and I just eat it all up. The texture is wonderful as well. I keep telling my mom she needs to eat oatmeal because she has bad constipation as well and uses caffeine and milk as laxatives.

[@Anon-tt9rz]

same, I know people who eat oatmeal everyday for decades and they're some of the skinniest people out there

[@dranrebcookie1923]

Same as Asians who eat rice three times a day. But the truth to that is we don't eat a lot as there's not a lot of choice but rice. This is where I grew up where everything is boiled or broiled and oil is a luxury

[@dm9078]

I ate oatmeal three days a week for lunch well as my first meal of the day at lunchtime and then I ate a regular dinner. My weight went down, and my cholesterol actually went down. For reasons that I won’t go into I stopped my oatmeal regimen. I had myyearly physical December 26. My weight had gone back up which I knew but more importantly my cholesterol has gone up so much. My doctor was talking about putting me on medication. Oatmeal is back on the menu!

[@therandeydenyah]

I made Steel Cut Oats for a Week a couple of days ago. Here is the recipe: 3 cups Bob's Red Mill Steel Cut Oats, 8 cups water, pinch salt, 5 minutes Instant Pot (Manual) with natural release. You can also add 1 cup of plant milk like Ripple or something. Then 7 cups water. Makes it a bit more creamy but it's going to be creamy even with water. So good! Top with blueberries!

[@icecreamladydriver1606]

I made oatmeal the other night then put them in the fridge over night. I ate them for breakfast after checking my sugar then half an hour, one hour, one and a half hours and two hours after eating them. It didn't mess with my blood sugar hardly at all. Between that and now this video I will be eating old fashioned rolled oats more often in my diet. Thanks for the video.

[@izzyh.3581]

Nice video! I started eating oatmeal out of a desperate need for a high fiber food. I found in about three days of eating oatmeal that it had a huge effect on my constipation to the point I am "regular". It's very amazing in that regard alone but I've also noticed large amounts of fat are just melting right off of me. I don't own a scale and not taking pictures of my body because that just makes me feel uncomfortable to do. Years of being fat will do that. I do about 12-18hour intermittent fasts everyday because that's just how my body likes to operate so I finally started to listen and I find that losing weight is so easy. I've dropped four inches off my waist. My family members tell me I look like I did when I was in highschool (10years ago) so I literally gained my youth back. I do stay active for work and I use resistance bands for muscle hypertrophy and strength gaining. Very low to moderate exercise. Check out Mike Mentzer for building muscle efficiently. All in all, oatmeal is a miracle food for me.

[@maryrose6229]

Eating oats probably means eating and preparing food at home which means healthier diet.

[@therobpratt]

I was regularly eating oatmeal with fruits, nuts, seeds... and then it turns out I have a genetic trait for developing gout and oatmeal has purines in it (purines are turned to uric acid and high levels of uric acid is what causes gout). I'd been eating pearl barley with dinner, but several months ago I started to use pearl barley as an oatmeal substitute - and it's awesome! I love the texture and chew more than oatmeal. I've branched out into using pearl barley as a sushi rice for my poké bowls, and using hulled or hullless barley for various dishes like risotto (hulled / hullless barley includes the bran so there is more fiber than pearl which is considered to be a refined grain). Barley also happens to have more beta glucan in it compared to other grains like oats - so overall it's been a great shift for my diet.

[@bobbear4437]

My father in law ate oatmeal 3 meals a day, with different things added! For breakfast he added some banana and blueberry! For lunch and supper he add peanut butter, or easy over eggs, etc.! He was 5'6" and weighed 135lbs! My friend who's a diabetic was told by his dietician to eat a breakfast with oatmeal!

[@lavoisier16]

Hi! I have been eating oat every morning for the past 25 years maybe more. I have never had any problem with my weight. I make a Bircher. I put 40 grams of oats in a bowl with some rice milk or soya milk place it in the fridge and in the morning I add a bit of fruits and that’s it. Easy to eat before going to work. It costs very little!

[@jwmcneelyIII]

so, oatmeal with vinegar and maybe black cumin and before you know it, you'll be pure skin and bones! Honestly, I love this. I eat oats several times a week for breakfast, and my favorite is to do savory oats with chili powder, cumin, salt, corn, maybe some black beans, and even a little bit of marmite in it. I'll put some spices like you would add to sausage and call it a bowl of sausage. It sounds weird but it's really good. I also like normal sweet oatmeal with blueberries or whatever. Love the info on this channel!

[@ZsuzsaKarolySmith]

Thank you for rehabilitating oats! I’ve watched way too many videos where they were demonised!

[@pwood6532]

Perhaps the fibre in the oats feeds a species of bacteria in the colon that helps with weight loss?maybe Akermannsia?

[@tablameister]

Thanks for the video. Back in the day, hospitals would put diabetics on an oatmeal based diet as this would reduce their insulin sensitivity. There are several studies supporting those findings so perhaps you could do a video on oatmeal consumption and diabetes?

[@RoscoPColtrane-x9f]

I have been eating steel cut oatmeal for decades because I just love the taste and texture. By varying the the toppings, I never get tired of it. I do believe it is key in maintaining a consistent weight over time.

[@DeeLite220]

Can you please share some recipes? I burned myself out years ago and haven’t tried in a decade. I need the beta glucan for my cholesterol and def. for my weight 😊. I love all berries, most fruits, nuts, seeds, cinnamon etc. how do YOU not get sick of it? 😢. Help ..

[@raraavis7782]

​@@DeeLite220 For an occasional break from berries or such...try mixing in a chocolate or vanilla flavored protein powder. Upping protein is helpful for weight loss anyway and it scratches that itch for something sweet.

[@Salieri1756]

Good stuff, Miche! Keep it up. The world needs more science based nutrition information. And your video and audio are fine. Be well!

[@rosepetal903]

I am so pleased you are telling the"truth" about oats (porridge) I have eaten oats all of my life, I am now 66. I have never had a weight problem and still eat it every morning, adding blueberries, bananas and /or chia seeds. Feel great, keeps you satisfied until lunchtime. I was fed up with some people in KZbin that said it was so bad for you as it messes with your blood sugar, rubbish! Keep up the good work 👍

[@julielapointe8184]

I've been avoiding oatmeal because I have heard the opposite. Videos saying oatmeal will spike blood sugar and therefore not help with weight loss. I am going to add oatmeal to my diet and give it a try. Thank you for the video

[@johannaj2009]

how did go?

[@aloveaffairwithself]

Eat oats closer to their raw, unprocessed form. Such as steel cut.

[@maranr]

Great video. I used to do Keto (which worked for a while) and so got into the habit of adding a half avocado to my smoothie every day for lunch. It was a struggle to lose weight. I cut that out, and started eating oatmeal every day for breakfast and kept my walking up. Now finding it a lot easier to lose weight slowly, or maintain it.

[@Atheria444]

Right now I can't prove my theory, but I've been oatmeal obsessed the past week and despite eating too much EVOO, some sugar, and a lot of peanut butter, my fasting blood sugar has come down noticeably.

[@mariusbonaciu2728]

There is a big difference when it comes to calories in : calories going in your mouth vs calories “absorbed” in your body. Not everything you eat gets absorbed. A 300 calories cake is much “worse” than 300 calories oatmeal, mostly because of how everything is broken down by your digestive system. This is why this calories in vs calories out can be really misleading.

[@mikeespo7728]

Love my oats ..been eating them for over a decade.. after my doctor wanted to give me a hand full of meds to take every day for high BP, cholesterol and climbing A1C. .My go to oat meal formula has been modified over the years, but basically boils down to 1/2 cup of Oats...all other ingredients are optional.. For me adding a couple of heart healthy options. like making it with a concentrated Rose Hip/Hawthorne Berry tea ..adding a little Coconut oil and a hand full of blue berry's... then topping it off with a couple of Eggs works for me.. Added 600 mg of Alpha Lipoic Acid, to reduce A1C. and seems to be working beautifully. 67yo , no meds, feelin good....BP 135/75, COL 210, A1C 5.7 Oh, one last thing ...Sworn off all refined seed oils 2 years ago and never looked back..

[@chadgaul1681]

To be honest, I love oatmeal better than regular cereal. Sometimes in the morning, I'd have it with dark cocoa powder and some sugar substitute-- any healthful ingredient that's gonna wake me up; and before bed, I'd have it with cinnamon and sometimes with pumpkin puree-- any healthful ingredient that's gonna knock me out.

[@MichePhD]

That sounds like a great routine!

[@chadgaul1681]

@@MichePhD Oatmeal is so versatile.

[@Katgirl2024]

This is AWESOME! So...300 calories of rolled oats is about 1 cup dry....two servings daily. I love oats....I buy the 50# bag (I get organic cheaper per pound than grocery store conventionally grown that way!) I'm going to bump up my consumption....I typically eat 2/3 cup dry measure daily...(I don't eat it dry) so today I'm going to start bumping it up to 1 cup! Yeee haw! 😁

[@daringgreatly8473]

I’ve struggled with my weight and have been doing low carb but I do find plain oatmeal works well with my body. I add a tbsp of ground flax and chia seeds. When I eliminated oats my weight loss stopped and I felt puffy. So a common sense amount of oatmeal per day/every other day works for me.

[@peterkoh5632]

Will be great to supplement the video with tables and figures.

[@Insightfill]

I know there were also some bio-assimilation differences depending on how well-cooked the oats were. 100 calories of cooked oatmeal converted more effectively than uncooked oats.

[@petekadenz9465]

I have oats for breakfast because they taste great. The fact they’re good for you is simply a bonus.

[@elcapitanian]

Oats fill me up and keeps me satiated the whole day. For the amount of food, the level of satiation is off the charts. Having said that, it causes a level of acid reflux like no other food for me. It also makes me sleepy. It makes everything except my stomach feel good.

[@holistycznieIFS]

Very interesting and useful video, thank you Miche! :) It would be great to see one mentioning all the tips & tricks one can incorporate into their life to stay healthy and lean

[@MichePhD]

Thanks so much! Oh gosh, the list is ever growing and I have so many more studies I’m planning to share… but maybe if I have a lull in finding more I can make a summary video 😁 it might be like an hour long though haha

[@holistycznieIFS]

@@MichePhD no problem, I'm sure we'd watch it! ;D

[@vc6601]

Yes, I’d definitely watch it!,

[@terrikershner1555]

@@MichePhD This world NEEDS IT!

[@nestorpat]

Miche, I'm addicted to your videos! Thanks. I have a question. Did they use rolled or steel cut oats in the study? Would overnight oats fit the criteria?

[@StevieLWeisend]

Yep, this video inspired me to get up and prep some peanut butter overnight oats. Thank you for your video

[@arb3413]

Thank you for this. I love oatmeal. When I crave carbs (which is pretty often), I make a bowl of oatmeal, instead of having bread, cakes, candy, etc. It also seems to settle my upset stomach and just makes me feel better overall.

[@rossmurray6849]

Hi, Miche. I have an hypothesis for you. The first treatment any doctor recommended to me to lower my cholesterol levels was muffins made with oat bran. That was the state of the science back in the 1980s. The suggested mechanism for how oats lowered cholesterol was that the (soluble) fiber they contained would become entangled with cholesterol contained in food as it passed through the intestine tract, meaning you absorbed less of the cholesterol from the food you ate. I think it does the same other fats consumed in the diet too. As a treatment for high cholesterol it was pretty much ineffective, mainly because the cholesterol the body makes has a far greater impact on cholesterol levels than amounts consumed in the diet. It did lower total cholesterol a little bit but did not lower heart disease or mortality, mainly because it tended to lower both HDLs and LDLs by the same proportion. I would suggest the likely reason that oats can lower energy efficiency is that they cause some proportion of fats in someone's diet to pass straight through the digestive tract. As far as I know, there are two drugs designed to work in that way, Colestyramine and Orlistat. I use Orlistat myself - but only occasionally when I am planning to eat a meal high in saturated fats. Most of the time I want my body to absorb whatever fats I've eaten because they are almost entirely from plants and seafood. So, if my hypothesis is correct, the suggestion in this video to eat more oats should probably come with a caution: oats will reduce the amount of fats in food that the body absorbs, so if you are already being careful to minimize the saturated fats you consume then adding oats to your diet may have some negative consequences.

[@richardracine9055]

Weight lifter. Very lean. This helped settle conflicting banter on fitness and health channels abt oatmeal. Working on the last few ozs to get super lean. Thank you.

[@Insightfill]

8:06 Another challenge with government studies of nutrition is that the government also spends a lot of money supporting those same industries. If a government study came out truly pointing out a problem with beef, milk, eggs, corn, etc., those industries would be hitting "speed dial" to their Congressman before the ink had dried on the study.

[@henryallan9167]

Love your deep diving into the research with a clear view to possible bias. Thank youi

[@boblatkey7160]

My favorite is steel cut oats with a little bit of Stevia sweetener and cinnamon and a big glob of organic whole fat Greek yogurt and berries. So yummy and I am full for the rest of the day.

[@mayonnaiseeee]

I recently added a decent amount of oats into my diet. I have a small serving of steel-cut oatmeal with breakfast (150 calories, pressure cooked in the Instant Pot, the recipe produces 6 servings) and a baked oatmeal to end the day (225 calories for a piece, the recipe produces 9 pieces). Both have blueberries in them too, and I top them with yogurt and/or peanut butter, just for reference. I also walk a lot. I was 10 pounds away from my ideal body weight for the longest time, after having lost a significant amount of weight initially. These last 10 had been a constant struggle for me for a few months, as my TDEE lowered to a point where producing a 500 calorie deficit per day just left me starving and prone to binges. I instead eat about 10-15% below my estimated TDEE now, with the added oats and walking, and I've seen fat finally start to melt off. 7 more pounds to go now. It helps that I absolutely love the taste of oats and really enjoy when it comes time to eat them. I really believe in oats and walking for weight loss and maintaining a healthy bodyweight. I'd go so far as to throw nonfat or low-fat yogurt (regular or strained) in there too. Thanks so much for the wonderful video and though my own evidence is anecdotal, I'd like to add it to the pile. At this rate, I'm just going to be made of oats, yogurt, nuts, and blueberries one day. And that's fine by me.

[@Anonymous-sb9rr]

Half a pound per month is huge if you consider the long term effect. It's 6 pounds a year, a lot of people gain weight at a rate of 6 pounds per year. This would mean that eating oats for breakfast could stop the gradual weight gain that a lot of people experience. And it's a normal breakfast that taste nice with some yoghurt and berries or raisins. Like, have we solved the obesity crisis?

[@giovana4228]

Sooo interesting, thanks for doing this video, Miche! I had oatmeal today and was curious about the weight loss benefits.

[@kaylanichole5972]

Love it! I have definitely noticed that I can seemingly eat more of hclf food like oats and stay lean!

[@MichePhD]

Thank you! And that’s awesome!!

[@mphsb]

I recently switched to Oat Groats. I add a handful to a daily salad.If I have it warm its with cinnamon & ginger.Oats need to be organic otherwise they are sprayed.I now prefer the groats to rolled .Its takes 50 min to cook groats.

[@anasuyahpather7613]

Hi Miche, you spoke about 200g and switched to 200Kcal. Please confirm which one to go with. But great info here! Thankyou

[@missmayflower]

Id like to see a video on habit stacking.

[@AmandaGDumas]

Was the 200g oats dry or cooked weight in the study? Because 200g of oats being the highest amount of oats that showed weight loss effects, if it were dry oats, is actually quite a lot (5 servings).

[@MichePhD]

It was 50 grams dry oats for the lower amount, aka ~200 calories. Then 100g aka 400 cals for the higher amount. 200g would indeed be a ton!

[@Harishsulghar]

This video was super informative. With High fat low carb getting all the craze these days, its good to know that there are healthier, more sustainable, and affordable ways to lose weight. I love quick oats with almond milk and some blueberries. Since i'm sensitive to sugar, i add a little monkfruit sweetener to my daily bowl of oats. one question though- is there any difference between rolled oats vs. steel cut oats vs. quick oats. I love the convenience of quick oats, but not sure if microwaving it for a minute makes it bad for you.

[@babycakes9976]

Ditto about the lack of Feds funded studies😢 Am a strong supporter of EWG. The main problem with oats, no matter organic or not is the heavy pesticides sprayed for expedite drying process. 😮

[@cassieoz1702]

If I eat oats for breakfast, I'll be starving by 1030. If i dont eat breakfast, i dont get hungry till 1pm

[@karellano25]

I ate only one meal of oats eating 1 cup of cooked oats slowly from 9am to 2pm with a multivitamin tablet once a day for straight two months and I lost 20 pounds from 144lbs to 124lbs. This same thing happened to one of my friends.

[@katharinemelanson1330]

I appreciate your science backed content so much. Thank you so much.

[@jonothandoeser]

I think certain KZbinrs give oatmeal a bad rap. But they arem=n't that specific about what oatmeal they are eating. Is it prepackaged oatmeal wit flavoring and sugar? Do they add their own sugar, honey, agave, etc. And is it Instant Oats or the Old Fashioned oats (because that makes a diffence). Old fashioned oats do not bump you insulin levels by much.

[@tracydurham732]

Appreciate the “insider rant”. Love that you are helping us filter our information sources.

[@lazvt8469]

amen...the FDA and their partners in crime are KILLING us...and doctors are burying their collective heads in the sand. Deplorable.

[@veronicagohlke3747]

I curious to know what fake oats are? Are over night oats safe to eat, since they are not cooked but soaked?

[@sandyedwards2681]

Really helpful video And the science of skinny health approach is great

[@anasuyahpather7613]

I did this high carb, low-fat diet with oatmeal in my mid 40's and lost a ton of weight. Stopped doing this and now in my 50's cutting out carbs, and eating salads, so hard to see any progress.

[@christopherallen9580]

Oatmeal is a magic weight loss food

[@jacobstaff549]

I can't unleash how grateful i am for your work... very helpful and educational.... thanks a lot love from Greece 🇬🇷🙏❤️

[@ethanbarry1281]

Lemon lime cinnamon, green tea , apple cider vinegar and veg and fruit and granola good for weight loss

[@Starbreaker2012]

Amazing how many people rely rigidly on calories in/calories out without acknowledging the effect of carbohydrate on insulin levels. You can't eat carbs without raising insulin levels, chronically causing the synthesis of body fat of which 40% is saturated fat.

[@donnastep7724]

just found this channel and love it. as a doctorate clinician i love evidence. 1. does it matter what oats. i like instant oatmeal and with flavor 2. is there a difference between raw oats vs hot cereal oats. ie oats in yogurt?

[@usernameryan5982]

Can you do a video on the difference between quick, rolled, steel cut, and whole oat groats? For whatever reason, I feel so hungry just a couple hours after eating rolled or steel cut oats but oat groats leave me full for 4-5 hours. Sometimes longer. Could it be glycemic control? Are nutrients oxidized and lost after rolling or milling? Thank you

[@danguee1]

Do raw oats also work? I love Bircher muesli but - after years of eating it for breakfast - now really dislike porridge. Excellent work, by the way. I love how you are rigorous in how you treat studies and the data. And know your science....

[@SandraSine40]

In 2020, I wrecked my digestion after losing 15 kg in a few months. For three years, I had trouble with having regular bowel movements. I even tried taking laxatives once a week just to move everything out. I was bloated, it was painful and irritating. But when I started adding 30 grams of oats to my breakfast, I am regular again.

[@jh7531]

Great stuff Doc. However, when quoting something like "adding 200 calories of oats" can you state the intake frequency as well? Is that hourly, daily, weekly additions of "200 calories of oats"? Did every study use the same frequency?

[@Romero610]

I have read that Oats have melatonin and tryptophan which make you sleepy. Has anyone had this experience with eating Oats ?

[@ultramegasuper11]

Great presentation 🎉. Thanks 😊

[@tomedmondson5236]

Glad I found your site, Miche

[@HikingUtah]

As a former diabetic, I'm have been struggling to switch to a vegan diet. But in order to get enough calories, I've been trying to introduce more oats. However, I found that oats raised my blood sugar too high, and my triglycerides were a little high as well. I've heard endless great things about oats. But I'm finding I probably need to avoid them completely.

[@CanCanHikes]

It’s funny that I was definitely leanest when eating oats daily in homemade granola (atop nonfat Greek yogurt with fresh blueberries). Smitten Kitchen has an awesome granola recipe with pepitas, almonds, shredded coconut and oats. Now I’m making a batch of granola ASAP.

[@nangel270]

I make a big pot of steel cut oats beginning of the week and then just take out amount I want and reheat with frozen fruit and a very little bit of maple syrup. Fast and easy each morning so no excuse for sugary cereals and drive throughs.

[@rebarius]

I can totally agree on that! Weight loss must not be rocket science and with easy cheap steps you can get a lean physic and stay healthy and hopefully live long 😊💪🏼

[@lazvt8469]

62, male, mild weight lifting, IF'ing at times, great weight, no meds...eat oats 2-3 per week. Q: Any truth to it's high estrogen content? Don't want man boobs. Love channel. Thanks.

[@nelled6240]

Please do not add maple syrup or anything sugary to your oatmeal porridge. A cup of oats, a cup of milk, a cup of water, a small pinch of salt. Put in a saucepan on the cooker. Bring to the boil. Simmer on low for 3 minutes. Leave until cold. Pour a little cold milk on top. Enjoy.

[@barli7153]

I truly love oatmeal. #1 favorite food and I could eat it every day. But it triggers cold sores for me 😭 I wonder if taking lysine tablets would offset it

[@Atheria444]

For the heck of it (because I have to be gluten free) try gluten free oats to see if you have a hidden gluten issue. Oats don't have gluten, themselves, but OFTEN are contaminated with gluten during processing. Trader Joe's sells gluten free oatmeal for the best price. Bob's Red Mill offers it too.

[@barli7153]

@@Atheria444 it's the arginine:lysine ratio for me. If I eat alot of store bought bread (for ex, toast every day for breakfast) nothing happens. I did get some gluten free rolled oats though to try!

[@judyswain9245]

Lysine works for me (when I first feel one)

[@elberttanner6189]

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[@bradlafferty]

I wonder if age is a moderating/mediating factor? What were the n’s of these samples? Thanks. I enjoy your vids. This one is close to home!

[@jeanrachellvedana7752]

I am really interested on what you're producing, however, I hope you could put some graphs in your videos for better understanding of your topics. Visuals would really be helpful.

[@db50000]

We should take that study with a grain of oats

[@briangerstein5659]

Are these benefits received from instant oatmeal, (without any sugary flavoring), to the same degree as with slow cooked oatmeal?

[@jrmint2]

when I was a kid --a long long time ago, my chinese grandma made congee for me w oatmeal...now I will go back to eating that way, thanks for this information

[@MichePhD]

I've been meaning to try congee! That sounds delicious. And my pleasure.

[@mertonhirsch4734]

I have a sensitivity to oats and wheat (and milk). They destroy me. It's not the carbs since rice and potatoes are gold. I actually develop sleep apnea if I eat wheat oats and milk and it goes away immediately when I eliminate them. Asthmatic symptoms and chronic sinusitis and brain fog.

[@nancysghiri7240]

Thank you very much ! You give people hope ❤️

[@Starfish2145]

Make sure to buy organic oats so they are not contaminated with pesticides

[@tazinyunis]

What about the distinction between complex carbs vs highly refined carbs?

[@Halloweenlover10.31]

Great channel. I found this after hearing about the whole "OATzempic" diet. I tried my first drink and did end up adding some frozen fruit to make it more tolerable. But tbh, it's not the best tasting. I found myself wondering if instead I could just eat a bowl of oatmeal? (Which I love, but tbh I usually use milk and add a bunch of sugar. Lol.) You answered my question and then some. I feel like I probably would prefer doing as you suggested & eating a cooled bowl with blueberries 🫐. (Since apparently that's beneficial as well). Will now be checking out more of your videos. ❤

[@justsomeboyprobablydressed9579]

I heard you imply more than once that a high fat diet causes weight gain. I think my diet is high fat (lots of avocados, seeds, nuts, and coconut), but I feel healthy and light. I guess I'll search your videos for the topic.

[@CraigHocker]

13:07 points to a video that has been deleted with no explanation.

[@MrTeff999]

Are there good studies about whole Teff, which is what I eat for breakfast every day.

[@deel2435]

Hi Miche! I can't eat fruits because of MCAS and HI. So many of us post C19 infection, or those with EDS can't but want to be healthy. Would love, love, love an episode on how to deal with Histamine Intolerance through diet and still maintain health! Very important for those with LC, too. Also, because of HI have chronic LPR. Have been 100% plant based for years and years but it's not helped with LPR, it's actually hindered when eating some foods - especially plants.

[@Atheria444]

As an ethnic mutt who is mostly Irish (think OATS)...and not to be biased, but, oats for the win! Now, in my Celiac Disease Irish family, make that gluten free oats, but, still...

[@MichePhD]

I'm Irish too, and my family is also really into oats! I had forgotten that oats are a very Irish thing :)

[@Atheria444]

@@MichePhD They are! :-)

[@Kasalena]

Yes. Me too as an Irish/Italian Celiac person. Trader Joe's has a great cheap gluten free bag of oats!

[@azdhan]

Great video! Thanks for sharing

[@auntdini]

Does it matter which kind oats? Steel cut vs. instant, or old fashioned… 🤔

[@lazvt8469]

I equate 'instant' oats to candy...and they hit the blood stream way too fast/easily (carb/sugars). Less processed the better.... taste better too.

[@nickcrispe1321]

It's hard to interpret such short-term studies unless you factor in how efficiently the subjects poop. All that fiber might clear out enough constipation in a subset of the subjects to create the effect. But once they were running an efficient colon, there would be no scope for further weight loss.

[@pm71241]

Curious about this ... since Oat has been my go-to breakfast for decades and since I started my weight loss journey, it has been my dominant source of carbohydrates. (by virtue of not eating much carbs in other meals). It turned out that losing weight was not as hard as I had feared. I've lost 15 kilo in 1.5 years now - taking it slowly, getting the skin to adapt too. And I didn't even have to skip alcohol (like wine). I just had to do a lot of exercise and skip sugar/white-bread and eat a lot of salad.

[@alexandraliley9620]

So glad I discovered you! Love your background and platform. I get nowhere ever discussing nutrition with docs, or whomever...You have the creds to sort out the claims and contradictions it seems. Im vegan and eat probably too many nuts for protein, otherwise my meals are low in fat. Question is, i want to incorporate 300 calories of oatmeal into my intermittent fasting 12/14 hours. I stop eating at 2:00 and wonder how I can incorporate 2nd portion without giving up veggies, tofu and beans. Any ideas or places to turn would be so greatly appreciated. TIA.☯️☮🕉

[@1stStrawberryGirl]

amazing, good thing I love oats and blueberries ❤