Oatmeal and Dr. Gundry's strong negative effects

@shelleyw I assume you eat only gluten free oats! I started eating oatmeal recently, with fruit. I feel better in the morning since I started. I have heard it is good for cholesterol (mine is okay). What does Dr. Gundry say?

Dr. Gundry has voluminous videos on line stating that oatmeal is the worst thing and no one should eat it. I no longer read anything he says. Yes, my oatmeal is gluten free (intrinsicly all oatmeal is gluten free), but I check where it is processed to be sure. The fruit is a great way to get variety.I also have heard it helps with cholesterol. I use steel cut, long cooking oatmeal . This avoids any additives. But I do cheat from time to time and eat instant oatmeal. I usually start it cooking in a small crock pot, late at night, with extra 1/2-1 cups of water, cook on low All night, then it's ready in the morning, when I am too tired to cook it. Shelley

I was told oats do have gluten due to proximity to wheat fields so with a kid with celiac, I only buy oats labelled "gluten free."

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.

Gundry makes no sense whatsoever. He’s a charlatan with an MD after his name who peddles supplements to unsuspecting victims. His theories are just that, theories. Theories must be proven by scientific method, and he hasn’t done that. He’s clever to be able to fly under the FDA radar without having his medical license stripped.

He’s a master at taking a small kernel of observational evidence and forming a conclusion that isn’t verifiable as true. His book, The Plant Paradox, has been debunked by many on the internet as being ridiculous. He postures himself as some sort of lone genius and puts himself above his peers. Then he out to make a buck off of his nonsense.

It’s hard to get past the gag factor of his crazy marketing. One must be a critical thinker with this clown.

You are right re the "proximity ". That is why it is important to read the labels. Apparently it's illegal to put "gluten free " on a label if the processing location doesn't meet the criteria of total separation. Dr. Gundry does say that lectins are bad and really bad for those of us with GI issues.

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.

Fortunateoldguy, As if we all don't NEED the truth from dr.s , scouring the web and groups like this one desperately hoping to find any answers for our health problems. We need the whole truth and nothing but the truth, facts and scams. Except, I/we can't tell the dr.s what we find on the internet, cuz then, in my case, I am actually dismissed and told that the internet is never a safe place for health research . UGGHH
Thanks for sharing about The Plant Paradox. I was just getting ready to start reading about this, now I won't bother to. Shelley

Hi ShelleyW,
Good for you for eating oatmeal! I'm 78 and have been eating oatmeal all my life for breakfast and homemade oatmeal cookies! I like the plain larger oats but that's just a personal preference. Most people put milk and sugar on it for breakfast. However I prefer to put butter and salt and pepper on it instead. It's really good! Sometimes I also add raisins to it.
PML

We grew up on cooked rolled oats porridge for breakfast. Made with water, a dash of milk and salt. A small dab of butter melted on top before serving. Having suffered some digestive issues since cancer surgery (including removal of part of my colon as well as my gallbladder), I decided to start having the same porridge again for breakfast. What a difference it has made to my bowel movements! 😊 😊😊 Incredible, thanks to the insoluble fibre. Also a good source of protein, minerals and vitamins.