On Sat, 18 Jul 2020 05:58:51 +1000, Bruce > wrote:

>On Fri, 17 Jul 2020 10:54:17 -0700 (PDT), "
> wrote:
>
>>On Friday, July 17, 2020 at 5:30:59 AM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
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>>> On Fri, 17 Jul 2020 06:15:50 -0400, Gary > wrote:
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>>> " wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Oats have the ability to lower cholesterol and decrease sugar spikes plus
>>> >> making you feel full longer.
>>> >
>>> >I wonder how healthy a bowl of oatmeal is by the time you add
>>> >the raisins, brown sugar and butter?
>>> >
>>> >Not talking about you Joan, just Cindy and I.
>>>
>>> Not that healthy probably, but oats in themselves are.
>>>
>>The raisins would be healthy and maybe the butter but brown sugar probably
>>is not that great as far as healthy goes. But sure does make that wallpaper paste taste good!!
>
>Butter would depend if you have a cholesterol problem. Aren't raisins
>mainly sugar? Actually, the only oats I ever eat are a filler or
>binder in fish or vegetable patties.


Saturated fats is unlikely to increase your serum cholesterol, but
carbs in combination with fats might.