I am firmly of the opinion that anything labelled healthy is going to be the death of me.
What is the magic part of oats which is going to be good for me?
I've not eaten it since I reached my maximum weight ever on a cholesterol reducing diet - the jar is covered in dust - all it seems to do is put on weight for me, and I don't add anything sugary to it. I cooked it in water and added cream, found a tiny thick bottomed pan to cook tiny amounts in, weight just piled on.
This is totally true for me also, everything healthy dietary wise is the contrary.
The exception to this is of course meat and fresh uncooked veg.
I know I'm weird but how many others would find that cooking destroys nutritional value of foods. I know salad is boring but I love salad, and my body agrees.
My body really hates porridge, so do I eat very small portions to please some dietician because it's healthy for healthy people.
I have asked this question before, where do I get my necessary micronutrients on a ketogenic lifestyle?
I have no idea!
But it works for me without supplements!
Again, what works for me, might not work for you!
You have to find your own personal lifestyle based on what you can tolerate!
Low carb will help with control!
But what are these micronutrients? Good for "heart health"? says who, the manufacturers of oats?..I just don't buy it (as in believe the hype) and don't like it so avoid it. I don't want to play russian roulette with my blood sugars by eating pointless carbs. Sorry if sounds a bit harsh but I sometimes find it hard that people persist in eating things that they know aren't helping their condition..
I cringe every time I see breakfast cereals described as heart healthy!
Or a margarine classed as beneficial for heart or cholesterol.
Then you read the small print and it always says as part of a balanced controlled diet, wether it's calorie controlled or not.
When your healthy it is healthy.
When you're not healthy, it's definitely not healthy!
I do always quote the peanut allergy because it can be fatal!
But so can be being wheat intolerant or lactose intolerant.
The fact that blood glucose levels rise so high and stay there is because your body cannot cope with certain foods. Mostly carbs or sugars. Insulin resistance is mostly caused by too much insulin in your blood, that's why low carb works.
A lot of food is like a poison to how my body reacts, it does mimic chronic T2 diabetes but with severe hypos on top! I have a carb allergy, I am practically carb intolerant. The only way to control my body is not to eat 'healthy'!
As the dieticians, doctors, dsns and every body else that is entrenched that you have to eat carbs!
Sorry for the rant!