this post was submitted on 16 Nov 2023
14 points (67.5% liked)
Asklemmy
43397 readers
1231 users here now
A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions
Search asklemmy ๐
If your post meets the following criteria, it's welcome here!
- Open-ended question
- Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.
- Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
- Not ad nauseam inducing: please make sure it is a question that would be new to most members
- An actual topic of discussion
Looking for support?
Looking for a community?
- Lemmyverse: community search
- sub.rehab: maps old subreddits to fediverse options, marks official as such
- [email protected]: a community for finding communities
~Icon~ ~by~ ~@Double_[email protected]~
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
What should separating eggs and oatmeal accomplish?
just a preference of eating them seperately on the same day together if it is healthy vs on different days
The healthiest choice is the one you will eat. It's more work to cook both each morning than to alternate, and in the long run it doesn't matter. That said, they both have iron and protein but oats have fiber, so on egg days have something at lunch like an apple or salad, to help you poop, or put your egg on wholemeal toast. On oat days have fewer carbs. It's a lot easier to balance your nutrients over a whole day or a couple of days than each meal.
Preference is one thing but what does that have to do with being healthy? Not trying to make fun of it, just trying to understand the idea behind it.
Poor food combinations can give you gas/bloating, indigestion, fatigue. Good food combinations work together and can help with the uptake of certain nutrients.
I've never thought about that and just now read about it a little more. Interesting. Would make my day to day life too complicated if I would try to consider that into my meal planning as well though.
Edit: Reading more into it, it seems bogus.
It doesn't have to be strict. Some people make too big of a deal out of it. Most of us are used to eating in certain combinations anyways and our bodies have adjusted. One small example that you've probably heard, turmeric's beneficial components are more bioavailable when eaten with black pepper. The body digests foods in varying ideal circumstances depending on what it is. Ultimately, you'll probably be just fine eating a varied diet, but there are combinations that are better or worse for nutrient uptake, gastric comfort, blood sugar spikes, etc.
In terms of health, it doesn't matter I don't think. You're not going to be deficient in an important nutrient by going a day from eating it (but weeks or months is another story)
So I think if you don't want to eat them at the same time, you could just eat more of each on alternating days?
Unless I misunderstood the question