On 20:51 21 Mar 2021, Bruce said:

> On Sat, 20 Mar 2021 23:34:12 GMT, Pamela >
> wrote:
>
>>On 04:09 20 Mar 2021, Pamela said:
>>
>>> On Sat, 20 Mar 2021 08:14:44 +1100, Bruce >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:13:28 -0700 (PDT),
" > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Friday, March 19, 2021 at 8:30:32 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> On Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 2:08:18 PM UTC-4,
>>>>>> >> wrote:
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> Well, I had brunch I guess but it was just really a late
>>>>>> >>> breakfast. Oatmeal and two pieces of buttered toast with
>>>>>> >>> a bit of coffee.
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> How do you make your oatmeal, Joan?
>>>>>> So many make oatmeal differently.
>>>>>> My mother makes it plain and then adds a bit of milk to the
>>>>>> top in the bowl.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mine is:
>>>>>> - one cup of dry rolled oats
>>>>>> - pinch of salt
>>>>>> - small handful of raisins (not measured)
>>>>>> - 2 cups of water (or maybe a bit more)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cook until done then add to a bowl that contains:
>>>>>> - 2 TBS butter
>>>>>> - 2 TBS brown sugar
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Once all is in the bowl, fold it all a few times. Don't
>>>>>> completely mix it all together.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Naturally, that makes even more than I want sometimes. Recipe
>>>>>> can be halved.
>>>>>>
>>>>>½ cup of dry rolled oats
>>>>>1 cup of water
>>>>>dash of salt
>>>>>
>>>>>Cook in the microwave, remove and add 1 tablespoon of butter, 2
>>>>>or 3 heaping spoons of sugar, splash of milk or heavy cream.
>>>>>Stir all together and dive in. Besides tasting great and being
>>>>>filling, oatmeal is a cholesterol reducer.
>>>>
>>>>That's good because heavy cream is a cholesterol increaser.
>>>
>>> What complete bullshit.
>>
>>In what way?
>
> In the way it was discredited years ago, including by the AHA and
> FDA.
>
> The old, outdated advice has been the number one cause of the
> massive increase in obesity, as carbohydrate consumption has
> increased dramatically ever since people started reducing fat
> intake decades ago, mistakenly thinking all fats = 'cholesterol'.

I have missed out on that debate completely. I'm still trying to
work out if statins are as good as some people say or as bad as
others say.