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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are you seriously confused if plain oats and Cheerios are both the same amount of “highly processed”?[/quote]

So what is the difference, health wise? This is an honest question. Cheerios are bad for me because the oats were ground up? Why?[/quote]

The processing strips the fiber from the oats so cherrios will have less fiber than oats. The processing also removes antioxidants and phytonutrients from the oats. Even though Cheerios do not taste sweet, there is added sugar which is not in oats. [/quote]

Alright. I went looking for this. I found out that there is a “phytonutrient” called beta glucan, and I found an article about why Cheerios are not as good. It contains this:

https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/controversial-science-food-health-news/theres-big-hole-cheerios-boast

“You actually need at least three grams of beta glucan daily to have any effect on blood cholesterol — and that translates into roughly a cup of cooked oat bran, or a cup and a half of oatmeal. Or about three servings of Cheerios. And that makes the cholesterol-lowering claims prominently featured on the Cheerios box ring pretty hollow. There are far better ways to reduce cholesterol than gorging on Cheerios.”

A serving size of steel cut oats is 1/4 cup dry which is 1/2 a cup cooked!!! So a cup and a half of oatmeal is THREE SERVINGS. Isn’t it?

This guy’s bio says “Dr. Joe Schwarcz is Director of McGill University’s “Office for Science and Society” which has the mission of separating sense from nonsense.”

I can see how the MAHA moms get lost down weird rabbit holes because this all seems like a bunch of crap. 
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