Instant oatmeal or regular?
#56613 - 03/31/04 04:31 PM
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I am in my 2nd week of trying to eat right for my IBS (which I have had as far back as I can remember). I have a million questions, and I am experiencing a lot of frustration as things haven't stabilized yet (still having D). I figured I could post to ask specific questions as I come up with them, so here goes:
In Eating for IBS, the recipe calls for rolled oats -- but I met with a nutritionist today who thought instant oatmeal would be easier to digest... anybody know which is better?
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instant is definitely easier to digest because it's been cut finer. It's one of my staples!!! Just watch the flavored varities - ck the ingredients.
Good luck, good for you, and welcome to the boards!!!
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Is It Flavored?
#56620 - 03/31/04 04:45 PM
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Bevvy
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I'm not a fan of oatmeal, so I can't make any recommendations; however, I'm a brand new follower of Dr. Dean Ornish, who recommends oatmeal but warns: "Beware of flavored varieties -- they may be loaded with added fat." Check the ingredients on your oatmeal package and calculate the fat percentage:
Total grams of fat per serving times 9.
Divide that figure by the total calories per serving.
If the resulting figure is above 25%, it's too high in fat. And don't forget about the fat from whatever soy milk you add; you have to calculate that in with the oatmeal.
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Thanks for that formula!!! I just copied it into my palm pilot so I will have it with me at all times. 
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Our own Miss Mags also has a palm pilot; she loves hers. You two have a lot to share ....
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Last night Tony (my S.O.) and I pulled items from our pantry and applied the formula -- YIKES, I can't eat anything!!! Is this formula accurate? Because it ruled out edamame (which I must admit I ate anyway).
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Edamame?
#56783 - 04/01/04 10:12 AM
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Bevvy
Reged: 11/04/03
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I don't know what that is. Is it a dessert?
The percentage of 25% is for THE WHOLE MEAL. If you have something that's high in fat, you reduce that percentage by eating something with it that's real LOW in fat, thus averaging it out until it comes to the 25% figure.
Am I explaining this well enough? Sometimes I don't make any sense.
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Okay, balancing it out totally makes sense -- kind of challenging when I am trying to eat much smaller meals, but I can work on it.
Edamame is soybeans.
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You can get them either in the shell or shelled. I get them occasionally in the health food freezer at my local Kroger Grocery store.
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Oatmeal has become one of my staples. I eat it almost every day for breakfast, and sometimes again during the day. I use instant, have been using the packets, but realized that the large tub of instant oats was a much better bargain. I usually add some fruit in it to sweeten it. Sometimes a banana-and if you put it in before you cook it, it gets warm and mushy and tastes like a bananas foster dessert! The last couple days I haven't been getting enough insoluble fiber, so I have been adding some berries before I microwave it, and they burst in the oatmeal, and make it taste like blueberry pie. YUMMY!!!
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