This benefit would be in addition to the proven value of oatmeal in lowering blood cholesterol, thereby reducing risk of cardiovascular disease. So the choice is yours. You can have your brain let your body know when it s time to stop eating by either injecting yourself everyday with a genetically engineered hormone, or you can have oatmeal for breakfast. Or, you can take a drug like Xenical, and not worry about how much you eat, just how much you excrete, and when. Of course, there is more to losing weight than just eating oatmeal for breakfast.
People are biochemically and psychologically unique, and the body is unbelievably complex.
Being overweight is often not a symptom of being undisciplined and indulgent. For some people, adhering to a strict low-fat, high carbohydrate diet might lead to excess insulin production and cause specialized receptor cells to lose their ability to respond to this regulatory hormone. This is called insulin resistance, and can actually encourage weight gain. Other people might have low thyroid function due to any number of causes, such as heavy metal toxicity, in which case chelation therapy might be indicated as a detoxification protocol. Other individuals might have gluten intolerance, preventing the absorption of essential nutrients, and respond by overeating in an attempt to get the vitamins and minerals their body needs.