Oatmeal for breakfast

[goldfinch]

Here's my two cents. I've seen this a lot with vegetarians! Grain, carb heavy maybe heavy in dairy = weight gain and high cholesterol. My sis had this exact kind of health issue. She ate like this for years, and ended up being borderline diabetic and high cholesterol. She add lean protein ( fish, chicken) and cut the bagels, rice and beans and within 6 months shed lost 20 lbs and got her blood sugars under control.

Except that isn't what happened with me. I got weight gain but lower bad cholesterol and higher good cholesterol (totals are lower than before) and my blood sugar is great. By all measures except weight gain the vegetarian diet has been good for me. Even my BP is down.