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Oatmeal and Dr. Gundry's strong negative effects
Digestive Health | Last Active: Oct 6 9:08pm | Replies (29)Comment receiving replies
Apparently there is a protein in oatmeal that some people are sensitive to. So that and perhaps cross contamination with gluten from the processing facilities seem to be the only caveats about oats. https://www.healthline.com/health/oat-allergy#TOC_TITLE_HDR_1 I had never heard of anyone warning about oatmeal until reading this post. I didn't do much research but supposedly Grundy's theory is that oatmeal has a lot of a certain type of acid that works against the body absorbing nutrition from other foods.
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I have read on various medical sites that raw oats do contain the anti nutrient, phytic acid, which binds to nutrients like iron and zinc making it difficult for our bodies to absorb them. This can lead to mineral deficiencies over time - but isn’t usually a problem with a well balanced diet overall. Also soaking raw oats overnight reduces phytic acid’s effect on mineral absorption. The alternative is to cook them, which is my preference anyway.
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Dr. Gundry mentions that lectins are bad, I have read that elsewhere too. I finally got tired of the unsolicited emails from Dr. Gundry, and I watched the whole boring video. So far everything that he posted leads you to believe that you must order his supplements. I feel that people like him, that we were taught to trust because they are dr.s or professionals, is taking advantage of our bad health issues and our inability to know what to do. I have never liked negative advertising.