The Quaker Oat man lied to me.

[thistlechaser]

For a year or two now, I've been eating oatmeal for breakfast nearly every morning. In the beginning I liked it, now I'm seriously blah about it, but it's good for you ("Heart-Healthy!"), so I stuck with it. They said you needed a "big bowl" to get the full benefits of it.

One serving is a big bowl, right? I never finish a whole packet, I eat between a quarter and three-fourths of one... Nope! You need to eat three packets/servings of it a day to get the "remove cholesterol" effect.

Bah.

I'm undecided between giving up on it (never eating it again), and eating it three times a day. Maybe some non-instant oatmeal would require eating less than three cups/servings... I should have listened closer to Alton Brown!

Edited to add: Did some research, and yeah. The instant stuff in a pouch has less soluble fiber than the other stuff. Need to eat: Three cups of the instant (or) 1 1/2 cups "normal" oatmeal (or) 1 cup of "hot bran" cereal.

Wonder how I can eat the normal stuff at work... Hm.

Comments

[firebyrd.livejournal.com]

Curious. I just went and looked at my...cylinder, I guess you'd call it, of oatmeal (not the instant stuff, you gotta boil water first, so it takes a few minutes longer). While it said it could remove cholesterol and such, it didn't say how much it takes. Just had these little 'heart healthy' labels all over around the 1/2 cup dry serving.

In other words, I don't know what to tell you.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's right. 1 1/2 cups of that stuff is the same as three cups of the instant. I'm going to have to go and get some of that, then figure out how to eat it at work.

[tersa.livejournal.com]

The idea of eating 1 1/2 c. of oatmeal per day makes me feel bloated just thinking about it. :)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

On the plus side, maybe it'll make me feel full! I hate eating breakfast at 8, then having my stomach growl at 9. It's now 11 and I feel totally ready to gnaw on my desk or a passing co worker.