Paul Saladino· MD
It’s full of phytic acid that prevents the absorption of minerals in your body.
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It’s full of phytic acid that prevents the absorption of minerals in your body.
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the idea that phytic acid present mainly in stable foods a strong negative effect on zinc absorption from composite meals also affects calcium magnesium manganese any divalent cation
oatsura grain they are very high in phytic acid which is not denatured with cooking
we know that oats are very high in phytic acid a nutrient that can chelate minerals and prevent the absorption of them in the human body
survival peasant food, like oatmeal, that's full of phytic acid that steals your minerals
phytic acid a large molecule which chelates bites onto minerals and prevents their absorption in the human body
if you're eating your oatmeal with milk the phytic acid and the oatmeal will prevent the absorption of that calcium which is beneficial for your body or the absorption of the zinc in that milk which is beneficial for your body
if you eat oats with meat you will present the absorption of iron or other divalent cations calcium iron magnesium selenium these are important things for the human body that will be diminished when you're eating oats with these Foods
I do think that the phytic acid notes is a problem
oats contain phytic acid a large molecule that keates minerals like magnesium zinc and iron all of which are critical for proper and healthy joints
Oats are the same thing. Oats have phytic acid. A lot of grains have phytic acid. So if you're thinking you're getting magnesium from things like almonds, think again. Because that magnesium is bound to phitate. It's bound to phytic acid.
The phytic acid in the oats is chelating. It's biting onto the calcium. You're not absorbing it.