All these years I thought the dryer was shrinking my clothes.
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Turns out it was the refrigerator.
I recently stopped eating PB&J on toast with breakfast and switched to oatmeal. My waistline is shrinking.
1/2 cup of oatmeal with a 1/2 cup of berries, tbs of walnuts, tbs raisins, dash of cinnamon, in almond milk (sorry mr. cow) every morning since February 2020. Dropped 30 lbs and cut my total cholesterol to 120. If it??s cold out I warm it in the microwave. Otherwise I just eat it like any other cold cereal?ÿ
Simply cook the oatmeal and eat it.?ÿ Nothing need be added.?ÿ Writing this while eating a mixture of two eggs cooked with grits, resulting in a nice slurry similar to regular grits but yellow.?ÿ No sugar, no milk, nothing extra.
Almond milk and oat milk are not milk.?ÿ They should be marketed as what they truly are.?ÿ Milk is an internally processed product of mammals.?ÿ Oleomargarine is not butter, for example.
Besides, anyone ever tried to milk an oat or an almond??ÿ It would take thousands of them to produce one cup of whatever it is that could be squeezed out under extreme pressure, thus destroying the source.
I switched to drinking the coconut/almond "milk" stuff.?ÿ Regular mass produced milk has a large amount of sugar in it, unfortunately.?ÿ But yeah that almond/coconut stuff is terrible for using in oatmeal.?ÿ I don't know how but it makes the oatmeal even slimy-er and not in a good way.
Sugar is not our enemy.?ÿ Too much sugar, like many things, is our enemy.?ÿ A glazed donut is not bad for you.?ÿ Eating two dozen of them per day definitely is bad for you.?ÿ One beer is not bad for you.?ÿ Going through a suitcase per day is bad for you.
Large commercial food companies profit from their marketing departments convincing you that alternatives to their products are bad for you while theirs is much less so.?ÿ Follow the science, not the hype.
In general I agree. Moderation is a foreign concept to many. I believe there are gene based sensitivies that that impact what is healthy for an individual. Environment induced sensitivies exist as well.
Our family has all of the currently known genetic markers for celiac disease. Even in moderation wheat gluten causes severe illness. We also tend to develop diabetes. Eliminating added sugar is a must, as is avoiding foods with a high glycemic index.
Point being, one size does not fit all. If you are in a position to observe your blood relatives it's not hard to figure out what probably works for you. I completely agree the worst source for lifestyle choices is commercials. If that were not true there would be no need for makers to hire professionals to write commercials and attorneys to defend them.?ÿ
Yes, we are all different in various ways.?ÿ And, we change over our lifetimes as to what we can handle and what we can't.?ÿ My wife grew up on a diary farm and enjoyed all the dairy products.?ÿ Now she is lactose intolerant and limits her consumption of milk and ice cream.
I don??t follow the commercials. I follow the advice of my physician. My labs, heart score, and family history say I need to live a certain lifestyle to avoid a heart attack and/or stroke at 70. I unfortunately inherited those genes from my father. My mother on the other hand in 94 and still rather healthy for her age. My brother has her genes. We have the same doctor and he treats us differently based on the data he gathers from each of us.
I take after the maternal side of my family.?ÿ The good news about that is they all live well into their 90s.?ÿ The bad news is none of us remember a day past 70.
Doctor said my cholesterol was high and that I should eat more oatmeal and cranberries for breakfast but I'm having a hard time fitting it in on top of my three eggs, bacon and hash browns.?ÿ
