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Oats

Oats are a type of cereal grain known for their high content of vitamins, minerals, fiber, and antioxidants. They have been consumed for centuries and are well-known for their health benefits, which include lowering blood sugar levels and reducing risk of heart disease.

Category
Grains
Molecular Formula
N/A
Mechanism of Action
The health benefits of oats come from its dietary fiber content, particularly a type of soluble fiber called beta-glucan. Beta-glucan can reduce LDL and total cholesterol levels, and it slows digestion, which helps control blood sugar levels. Antioxidants in oats, particularly avenanthramides, can reduce inflammation and itching, and may help lower blood pressure levels by increasing nitric oxide production.
Evidence Grade
A

Other Names

  • Avena sativa
  • Common Oat

Primary Benefits

  • Lowers cholesterol
  • Improves blood sugar control
  • Promotes gut health
  • Antioxidant effects
  • May help with weight loss

Recommended Dosage

Adults 50-100 grams of oats daily
Children N/A

Side Effects

  • Bloating
  • Intestinal gas
  • Stomach cramps

Precautions

  • People with gluten sensitivity should use caution as oats can sometimes be contaminated with gluten
  • People with bowel disorders should consult their doctor before consuming high amounts of oat bran

Interactions

  • May decrease absorption of certain medications due to high fiber content

Key References

  • Othman RA, Moghadasian MH, Jones PJ. Cholesterol-lowering effects of oat β-glucan. Nutr Rev. 2011
  • Whitehead A, Beck EJ, Tosh S, Wolever TM. Cholesterol-lowering effects of oat β-glucan: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Am J Clin Nutr. 2014
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“I say things like oatmeal are not great for humans people say well then I'm confused and I don't know what to eat.”

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“when you're shopping at the grocery store choose the perimeter you know all the fruits and vegetables nuts seeds legumes um whole grains like quinoa oats um brown rice or or even regular rice is fine um just choose organic because organic has less arsenic um pasture eggs uh pasture raised or grass-fed uh cheese I I do a lot of goat cheese uh that I love because goat cheese is just easier to digest”

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“if I wake up in the morning and make a big bowl of Oats rich in carbohydrates and have some banana in there and some other fruit and then I go and do my zone two training session an hour after that, is that in any way going to impair that's that zone two session?”

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“utilizing your muscle cells and eating oatmeal”

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“I think eating the foods some of them I listed off before like Meat and Fish and eggs and vegetables and fruits and some I do like starches like you know rice oatmeal some pastas some sourdough Breads and things I love butter who doesn't love butter um of course none of that stuff in excess olive oil but if one looks at kind of that Buffet of options you realize you can get some high quality amino acids you can get some high quality lipids you probably want to get more of them from olive oil than from butter but you can get the micronutrients you need provided those food sources are healthy.”

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“People will have, you know, fruit on the bottom yogurt, but it's like loaded with sugar or I my first experience was oatmeal. I was reading the bodybuilding magazines in my teens that every bodybuilder ate oatmeal in the morning. So, of course, I was buying Quaker Oats, but I was buying those little packets and they have brown sugar in the bottom and it's like they were loaded with sugar.”

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“there are two that impact our blood sugar levels it's starches so that's bread, rice, pasta, potatoes, oats and sugars so anything sweet from an apple pie turn orange juice these two categories of foods they're literally made up of glucose molecules so when you eat them they break down into individual glucose molecules and the glucose molecules arrive into your blood”

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“starches like bread pasta rice potatoes oats those are starches those are literally millions of glucose molecules just attached hand to hand like this that's a starch it's just a long chain of glucose when you eat the starch poof it turns into individual glucose molecules raises your blood sugar even though it doesn't taste sweet.”

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“if that meal with let's say 50 grams of quality protein is combined with 50 grams of carbohydrate fruit some oatmeal pasta rice Etc does that change the utilization of the protein at all I know I asked this question earlier but one could imagine that the body wants to use different fuel sources differently um is there any selective use of one um macronutrient versus the other”

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