new research debunks trad views on nutrition

[Perris]

a useful list of easy ways to get more fibre into your (and your chickens') diet was published this morning
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeand...-get-your-fill-of-this-life-changing-nutrient

 

[RoyalChick]

I randomly stumbled across this today and thought this group might be interested.
I thought it was rather cool. Of course I read it after making mushroom soup - so next time I need to let my mushrooms sunbathe before I cook them.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6213178/

 

[ManueB]

a useful list of easy ways to get more fibre into your (and your chickens') diet was published this morning
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeand...-get-your-fill-of-this-life-changing-nutrient

I'm so thrilled to see for once recommendations for healthy eating that coincide exactly with how I eat !

Which makes me think...if you look long enough...you will always find someone, somewhere, who says your way of eating is the right one .

 

[Shadrach]

I'm so thrilled to see for once recommendations for healthy eating that coincide exactly with how I eat !

Which makes me think...if you look long enough...you will always find someone, somewhere, who says your way of eating is the right one .

I've come to the conclusion that the food producers employ people to promote particular foodstuffs and diets depending on what's selling well and what isn't.
I've never read so much nonsense about diets.

What's more, what I have considered to be reasonably intelligent people follow some of the food influencers diets. It's worse than the chicken diet debates.

 

[Sally PB]

I've come to the conclusion that the food producers employ people to promote particular foodstuffs and diets depending on what's selling well and what isn't.

Yeah.

When I wanted to work on lowering my cholesterol (total and LDL), I looked at diet and exercise, since I'm not going to take pills (unless absolutely necessary, deemed by me and my doc). It's pretty well proven that exercise helps a lot of bodily ailments.

So I looked up, "What foods help lower cholesterol?" I didn't pay attention to the anecdotal stuff like "My neighbor's mechanic's mother-in-law's cousin's friend did this" (ok, an exaggeration). But there was a bit of consensus and oatmeal was in the top 5, or 8, or 15 foods. That's a starting point.

Then I looked up "How does oatmeal help lower cholesterol?" and got peer reviewed studies that explained how the researchers ran their studies (nitty gritty stuff, mostly over my head, but necessary so someone else can try to replicate it) and their results.

I started eating oatmeal (old fashioned, not instant) and steel cut oats for breakfast M-F, and sometimes dinner on Saturday. (Yes, really, for dinner.) I mix in banana, chia seeds, and berries.

My cholesterol went from 241 to 220 in about 6 months' time. I'm still doing it, and am looking forward to this summer when I have my next physical.

 

[Krugerrand]

I randomly stumbled across this today and thought this group might be interested.
I thought it was rather cool. Of course I read it after making mushroom soup - so next time I need to let my mushrooms sunbathe before I cook them.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6213178/

I had read about this before. For people, it takes more than just sunshine to get vitamin-D; you need UVB rays. I suspect that this is true for mushrooms, too. The footnotes of the article twice mention UVB. I see nothing of UVA. UVB requires a sun angle of about 50-degree or greater. Depending on where you are in the world, that's not always possible. I'm around the end of September through end of March range where I get no UVB rays.

https://sunsaferx.com/blogs/health-...w-if-your-sun-exposure-is-producing-vitamin-d

 

[Shadrach]

Yeah.

When I wanted to work on lowering my cholesterol (total and LDL), I looked at diet and exercise, since I'm not going to take pills (unless absolutely necessary, deemed by me and my doc). It's pretty well proven that exercise helps a lot of bodily ailments.

So I looked up, "What foods help lower cholesterol?" I didn't pay attention to the anecdotal stuff like "My neighbor's mechanic's mother-in-law's cousin's friend did this" (ok, an exaggeration). But there was a bit of consensus and oatmeal was in the top 5, or 8, or 15 foods. That's a starting point.

Then I looked up "How does oatmeal help lower cholesterol?" and got peer reviewed studies that explained how the researchers ran their studies (nitty gritty stuff, mostly over my head, but necessary so someone else can try to replicate it) and their results.

I started eating oatmeal (old fashioned, not instant) and steel cut oats for breakfast M-F, and sometimes dinner on Saturday. (Yes, really, for dinner.) I mix in banana, chia seeds, and berries.

My cholesterol went from 241 to 220 in about 6 months' time. I'm still doing it, and am looking forward to this summer when I have my next physical.

I would have thought the best way to reduce cholesterol is not to eat it in the first place, or at least be mindfull of how much cholesterol one eats.
There are lots of foods that "reduce" cholesterol. I know someone else who eats lots of oats, porridge usually, but they make their porridge with full fat milk.

 

[Krugerrand]

I would have thought the best way to reduce cholesterol is not to eat it in the first place, or at least be mindfull of how much cholesterol one eats.
There are lots of foods that "reduce" cholesterol. I know someone else who eats lots of oats, porridge usually, but they make their porridge with full fat milk.

Eating cholesterol doesn't increase cholesterol. Eating (healthy) fat doesn't make you fat.

 

[Molpet]

I would have thought the best way to reduce cholesterol is not to eat it in the first place, or at least be mindfull of how much cholesterol one eats.
There are lots of foods that "reduce" cholesterol. I know someone else who eats lots of oats, porridge usually, but they make their porridge with full fat milk.

People make cholesterol too.
https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/how-its-made-cholesterol-production-in-your-body

 

[RoyalChick]

People make cholesterol too.
https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/how-its-made-cholesterol-production-in-your-body

Yes. This.
The link between cholesterol in diet and blood cholesterol is tenuous at best. At least within some reasonable range (I exclude the guy who ate nothing but beef and butter in vast quantities and started exuding cholesterol through his skin).
That is why eggs are now off the hit list for most dietary recommendations.
The data on dietary oats however is pretty good.
Anyone who wants to increase oats try using steel cut oats instead of rice for savory dishes.