Just two days of oatmeal cut bad cholesterol by 10%

Re:Just two days of oatmeal cut bad cholesterol by 10% by strken on Saturday February 28, 2026 @11:00PM (#47203559)

I feel like we're due for something really ridiculous next. I've been paying attention to macros, fibre, salt, and having a reasonably varied diet for years; we've done salt, fat, carbs, protein, and now we're doing fibre.

"Eat a varied diet" seems boring but maybe those influencers selling pills made from 500 vegetables were ahead of the curve all along.

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Re:Just two days of oatmeal cut bad cholesterol by 10% by rmast on Saturday February 28, 2026 @11:09PM (#47203604)

It would probably be better to just eat all those different vegetables as part of actual meals to get a varied diet, rather than in pill form.

I was under the impression that more protein and less salt/fat/carbs are still kinda the trend? If more fiber gets added to the mix I guess it is essentially telling people to eat more plants, thus leading to more varied diets overall.

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Re:Just two days of oatmeal cut bad cholesterol by 10% by rickydroll on Sunday March 01, 2026 @10:39AM (#47207679)

> I was under the impression that more protein and less salt/fat/carbs are still kinda the trend?

kinda sorta. The low-carb, higher-protein diet is standard diet advice for T2D, and even more so if on a GLP-1 drug to reduce muscle loss.

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