If I was Goldilocks (stay with me here), eating the 3 Bears' porridge wouldn't have been an issue. Why? Because: 1) I'm smart enough not to eat food that belongs to an animal that can rip me to shreds (let alone 3 of them), and 2) I really don't like the taste of porridge/oatmeal. The downside of that distaste is that I miss out on a great deal of health benefits offered by whole oats. The solution I came up with is to mix the oats with my morning protein shake, which helps me choke it down. But, it turns out that there is a very easy and tasty alternative to cholesterol-reducing oatmeal, and the best part is that it's much more tasty. Cheerios.
Classic Cheerios (not the Honey Nut kind) has more fiber (4 grams) than a packet of oatmeal (3 grams). And, just like oatmeal, whole-oat cold cereals chip away at your LDL cholesterol because they contain beta-glucans. You should also find the effects on blood sugar to be comparable to those produced by eating a bowl of oatmeal.
The way I see it, it's a Win-Win situation. Of course, if you like oatmeal, making the switch may not be necessary -- although I would still advise it if it can prevent you from becoming the target of 3 hungry bears.
