Food/dieting advice feels so confusing and contradictory even between the ‘experts’. No wonder a great many of your average people get discouraged, frustrated and bewildered, throw their hands in the air and say “to hell with it”.

The worst breakfast food ever? Is that not a bit hyperbolic? How about frosted flakes... How about fruit loops?

Oats are not the most dangerous food u can eat .. I’m not sure why you would say something so foolish .. what about snack cakes and honey buns and dounuts … I’d rather see someone wake up and eat oatmeal than tons of other choices . It may not be the BEST food choice ?? But it’s certainly not THE MOST DANGEROUS FOOD ! Really??

Sorry doc. Former body builder myself and have been eating them for years and have had no problem with them and I’m in my 50’s and healthy as hell!👍🏻

At this point, there is nothing to eat that won't kill you

Don't breathe guys, oxygen causes oxidative stress 😂

As a dairy farmer, I have grown oats and barley for many years. I have never applied glyphosphate(Roundup) or atrazine on either of them because it will kill them. In fact, if you had used atrazine on a previous crop, you could not grow oats there until 2 years later due to how sensitive oats was to any carryover herbicide. The only way that I can imagine roundup being used is if you had a lot of green weeds, or possibly, green oats in a field that was mostly mature, and the forecast was for rain to come in a week, so you felt compelled to kill the green oats to allow proper harvesting.

my father eats crap oatmeal everyday and he is 101 years old, go figure

I eat steel cut organic oats every single day. I have researched the health benefits and I am sticking with them.

Grass fed grass and filtered ice cubes are our safest bet.

I had bleeding Hemi's for 30 years; every time I was on the toilet I would bleed. I ate oats every morning, when I quit them, it stopped within a week and never came back.

Oats are not healthy, but he said eat a hamburger 🍔 from Mac Donald’s or Burger King? 😂

Grandma lived to 99 and was living on her own and was driving in her late 90s. Ate oats every day of her life.

I'm so tired of everyone talking about good and bad food... can't even drink water without someone saying it's bad... now, even breathing is bad. Lol. We are doomed.

I switched my diet years ago for health reasons and a 1/2 cup of organic oatmeal with 1/4 cup of mixed berries before I go to the gym and it has worked wonders for me.

I had nerve damage and my surgeon sent me to a pain specialist, he suggested steroid shots that may not even work or painkillers. I read that exercise can help resolve nerve damage. Started will small walks, was painful but got through it. Then longer walks, then biking. Now I bike 20 miles a day and have 0 nerve pain on most days. Doctors aren't always trying to solve your problems, I can promise you that. I appreciate the surgeon fixing my problem, I don't appreciate the options to solve my nerve damage.

I'm just sitting here chilling with a freshy made bowl of oatmeal, looking forward to seeing how it will steal my money, take the kids, and ruin my life

Paul jumps to extremes and is a bit passionate but hes arrogantly stating this in the face of millions of people who eat oats and are healthy. Just like carnivores say not all meats are the same and grass fed is really good for you. Not all grains are the same and organic steel cut oats are a far cry from your sugar laden instant oat mix.

I did long distance cycling for several years and would eat a bowl of oatmeal and a banana before every ride. It made a significant difference in my energy and stamina for the ride.

I will stop watching these channels if they keep driving me crazy. Mediterranean diet, intermittent fasting, moderation in everything and that's it.

This guys opinion is like Texas weather. If you don't like it just wait a while and it will change.

🤣🤣 my cholesterol was 600. Down to 250 with oatmeal

It's always important to get your biomarkers checked regularly. I started eating 100% (I'm allergic to dairy) dark chocolate because it was supposed to be "good" for me. But them my ALT (liver enzymes) started skyrocketing. Turns out chocolate has heavy metals such as cadmium in it. So I stopped, and the ALT dropped back to normal. I eat organic steel cut oats every morning now, and have started drinking organic oat milk (to mix my collagen powder into and for the calcium), and my ALT and other bloodwork numbers are fine. So whatever damage the oats are doing to my system, it's not detectable.

What you mention on Micotoxins is not exact. Im am a pig Veterinarian specialist, and we regularly sample and test all grains. Many grains have micotoxins from the harvest, however, in the storage process they can or can not, devellop new fungii that eventually produce micotoxins. However, most fungii devellops in the outer layer of the grain, (the bran), so if grains are well treated, they can be beneficial. If the oat supplier is serious, he will test the grains, before they go into the silos. I only eat raw rolled oats, of a good brand, and I think its good food, when combined with yougurt, since its a perfect prebiotic-probiotic combination.

My only issue with Paul is doesn’t know how to find middle ground. He doesn’t hear himself when he talks. It’s always huge pendulum swings one way or another.

Not sure how humans survived thousands of years eating oats.

I was sensitive to toxins and would frequently get headaches. I had to cut out GMO: chicken, potatoes, coffee, and ketchup. I'd also have problems with corn flour tortillas and soy sauce. I think pesticides, HFCS, glyphosate and MSG were some of the main problems.

Homemade kefir from raw unpasteurized whole milk is probably the best source of probiotics, and I love it. -I still eat organic steel cut oatmeal each morning. I love this too 🙂

I stopped eating years ago, since everything is poisonous.

I feel like Paul finds what works for him and that becomes his personality for the next few months until his next discovery.

Steel cut oats, use a coffee grinder to turn the oats into a fine powder, then prepare them as overnight oats or into a smoothie.. cold. If you are worried about insulin spikes do not cook them and eat them hot. You’ll be fine. Nobody ..Ever.. has died from eating oats or have become severely malnourished from eating oats either. This is borderline fear mongering toward health fanatics.

I love dairy, but was born with an allergy. I was sick all the time as a baby for the first 6 months (1968) and an osteopath finally diagosed me as being allergic to dairy. Switched to soy, and was completely better. Sometime later, introduced to milk again with the misconception I wasn't allergic. 40 years later, I had a lot of joint issues, realizations of the constant sinus infections (raw milk being consumed as well). I gave it up for 3 months and no more 3 week colds and sinus infections and joint issues dissipated. For me, in addition to lactose, I'm also allergic to casein. I will say I'm sick of there only being oat or almond milk, and have never had a problem with soy milk.

I love oats. With bananas,blueberries and honey!🤤

I'm pretty much done with health and fitness influencers. Too much of it is silly engagement bait at this point.

Thomas: "before you skip this advert..." Me: Advert skipped.

I eat oatmeal a lot then gave them up for keto! Now I’m off keto! Because I have clogged arteries!! I’m enjoying my love for oatmeal again! I won’t stop eating it!! I don’t care what this guy was saying!! It’s healthy! I’m on plant based!

I eat organic Gluten free oats. I make overnight oats with fruit and flax or chia at least 3 days a week. Leaves me full and energized.

And Paul Salandino is the most dangerous „food expert“ you can rely on. This guy keeps talkin bs omg🙄

Thank you for supporting SA! Love your videos!

It’s amazing that there is anyone left in Scotland! I would take this guys opinion the same way Scots take their oats, with a grain of salt.

Fast forward 1 year and Paul will be eating oats 3x a day....I've seen this movie before

I eat it every day. Organic oatmeal with organic bananas, organic peanut butter, raw unfiltered honey and organic blueberries. Just eat Whole Foods and stop all this tribalism.

I haven't eat for 6 years and i feel great! My DIEt was killing me! Food sucks!

Grew up eating loads of oats and always had upset stomach, cramping, indigestion, nausea. Cut oats out as an adult and issues went away. Loved the taste and miss them though.

This is nonsense. I'm going to go eat more oats right now.

😢 This makes me so sad. I’m not one to usually comment, but if we keep the fear-pushing going at this rate, there will be no food to consume that is considered “safe”. Everything has its ‘risk vs benefit’, but to take simple, minimally processed, close-to-whole-foods like oats and demonize them breaks my heart. You can make any “heathier” food “unhealthy” by the addition of sugars, low quality ingredients, additives, etc; but when does the line get drawn when it comes to foods that contain beneficial nutrients that are now getting a horrendous reputation? Yet, consuming high risk, raw dairy as this gentleman suggests, containing true toxins and bacteria is good? Maybe I’m taking all of this a little too personally, and I apologize if I am; but also being someone myself who has multiple chronic illnesses and paralysis of my gastrointestinal system (which cannot be cured by diet), means that my food intake is extremely restricted. I cannot digest or break down many high fat and high fiber foods, many which are known as “healthy”. I wish I could consume raw produce, avocados, nuts, and seeds, but I can’t. If I do, I will get a blockage in my stomach that forms a bezoar, which without surgery, grows bacteria and can cause life threatening infections. I wish I could be “healthy” with my diet like many other people, but I can’t always because it could kill me. But what doesn’t kill me, is low fiber white bread, oatmeal, and easy to digest foods. I can consume eggs, chicken, fish, and other nutrient dense foods as well, but there are many things I cannot. What makes me so sad is to hear the demonization of foods that you could never compare to fast foods, but are weaponized just the same. These nutritious foods that are a few of the foods I’m lucky to have available that I can digest well so that my body can survive. Sometimes oats are all I can manage to keep down for the day. So now what? Do I stop consuming them in the hopes that I don’t fade away and end up on a feeding tube with nutritional supplement liquids that contain artificial vitamins which will likely get demonized just as much as oats? Or do we as a society simply focus on balance. Can we do what makes us happy and do what makes us feel good. If you want to spread nutritional advice, why not spread positivity that doesn’t make consumers feel like terrible, humiliated people for the simple ingredients they choose to ingest; especially if they are happy and feeling great.

I ate oats religiously for years. Being post-menopausal, I recently discovered (after journaling for about 3 months), the oats were triggering my (severe) hot flashes. I've suffered for over 10 years. I miss them, but they had to go. 🤷‍♀️

Have several relatives who lived into their late 90s. They lived on oats most of their lives and during WW2 they lived on white bread and dripping. How many health fanatics and body builders do I know who have lived into their 90s? Zip, Zilch, Zero!

So Paul quit carnivore for "300g of carbs a day" and now oats are worse than candy? I can understand someone changing their lens on a topic via education but this flip flop of a man can not be trusted imo. I bet he has a new book coming out soon. I love your content Thomas, I watch the vast majority of your videos but this character seems like a snake in the grass to me.

I had oatmeal with some walnuts and banana for breakfast this morning...now I'm a ticking time bomb...😮

I stopped eating foods with seed oils and I watch my sugars and calories. I do, however, eat Nature's Path Organic Instant Oatmeal (ingredients: 100% oats) every day with organic blueberries and nuts. I have no idea if Nature's Path oatmeal has heavy metals and molds in it. Sometimes oatmeal is the only meal I eat daily. I lost 30 pounds in six months and I don't exercise. I'm 6 feet tall and now weigh 155 pounds. I feel healthier than ever. I'm not convinced by these guys but I'm not a scientist.

I could do without Paul being on your channel again.

These dudes will say any overblown health related nonsense to get clicks and stay relevant

How can oat produce those toxic 'defense chemicals' after it has been harvested and is being processed? Doesn't that biological process need the oats to be alive and still planted into the soil?? As for cadmium, how much do oats have and what is the level of cadmium that would be harmful to the human body? I'm willing to bet they have trace amounts that are far lower than the level that would cause harm to humans. In terms of all the other harmful effects that doctor rattled off that come from pesticides, they can be easily avoided by seeking out organic oats. Bottom line: if I listen to every nutrition 'expert', I won't eat or drink anything because, if you search hard enough, you'll find one telling you how dangerous just about every food/drink item is, so what I do is use common sense and see what works for me. Your body will tell you if you're ingesting something that doesn't agree with it, so you need to listen to it. Also, if you have grandparents who ate oats for breakfast daily into their late nineties without any adverse health effects from that supposed 'worst breakfast you can eat' like I do, chances are you're going to be ok eating oats yourself as well!

Whilst I don't eat oats for breakfast anymore, I did eat them for years, more than 5 years, every morning without fail. I had a HTMA test done and my cadmium levels were basically non-existent. Quinoa was the mother grain of the Incas and was considered to be their most sacred food, which contained spiritually enhancing qualities. In the Andes, quinoa has been known as a cultivated plant for human consumption for over 5000 years. I'd say it has stood the test of time.

I have difficulty putting a lot of faith in what this guy says. Is he knowledgeable? Yes. He didn’t know the Liver King was juiced up? I don’t care about the Liver Kings drug use, but I have trouble believing Paul is telling the truth.

I like oats, I make overnight oats and also oat waffles, but I use only organic sprouted oats from One Degree which is also glyphosate free,

My grandfather ate generic store bought oats for every breakfast his entire life until he died at 98 years old. All those heavy metals and toxins really got to him. 😂

I just recommend for people to eat organic oatmeal if they do eat oatmeal frequently. The pesticides flow through your body, and that is gross to think about. They can test your urine and stool and still find the pesticides, so you might as well get the organic oats with no pesticides.

This guy is full of hot takes that seem to be different every month.

The vast majority of studies showing improved health outcomes with people who eat oatmeal daily so clearly oatmeal isn't that bad.

Oats are extremely healthy it’s a shame we have influencers who try to push there agenda on us. Keep eating oats!

Of course no one can stand having their oats taken away - imagine being told Mountain Dew was a health food and enjoying it for years! Oat milk literally has the same glycemic index, btw. Canola oil added for “mouth feel.” *shudders*

I see people doing well on vegan diets, I see people doing well on carnivore diets. There are millons of people who just eat what suits them. I believe that as long as you avoid highly processed food, sugar and industrial seed oils, you can eat what you want in moderation. The human body is a marvel when it comes to detoxification, if you give it a chance to recover.

At this point I feel I should give up eating altogether.

Watched one channel today that said eating 1 egg a day was the equivalent to smoking 5 cigarettes a day. Now this clown says oatmeal is the most dangerous food you can eat? We finally have access to almost unlimited information at our finger tips, and it all is lies to sell us something.

A few years ago i developed spondylitis. That's where your spine starts to conjoin causing stiffness and achiness in your back or other areas. I had no idea what could be causing it. Well I decided to take oats out of my diet and within 2 weeks the spondylitis completely disappeared like magic

Give it a week, he will flop back the other way. This guy don’t know what he believes.

Well according to the book “Eat Right 4 Your Type” by Dr. J D’Adamo, most people on earth are Type-O and shouldn’t dabble in grains, wheat, or oats period. Actually, the Book of Leviticus is said to be directly correlated to the Type-O diet (oldest blood type of them all): Only fish with scales, animals that chew the cud, no split hoof animals, Ezekiel bread etc.

Notice how most people saying how much they 'love' their oats have to add various other toppings to them to make them palatable. Honey, fruit, milk etc. literally no one likes to plain oats with water...I know because I used to think I loved them too. They actually cause bloating and digestive issues for a lot of people, even when properly prepared.

Can I eat water?

Who else watched this while eating a big bowl of oatmeal? Bonus points if you're dead now from zinc deficiency.

Another excellent episode, thank you!

Yes, you dont need to eat oats every day. Your diet should be varied. But anyone trying to tell me Quinoa is bad is confused or lying. A large percentage of what he's talking about should be removed by your liver.

For some reason all oats, even organic and steal cut make me break out and skyrocket my appetite. Not sure what’s going on there, but there’s something my body doesn’t like.

So if I go to IHOP, McDonald's, or the like, oatmeal is the absolute last thing I should consider ordering on their breakfast menus? Got it! 🤦‍♂️

Naturally oats made me feel bad and fat thanks Thomas

So what are we supposed to eat.

Me and my whole family has been eating oats for decades and we are in good health when should bad effects shows

I call BS

Oats are king and I have been eating them for most of my breakfasts for last 30 years. Also, I eat 1-2 whole eggs with egg whites to compliment my oats. I would bet that there are more heavy metals in meat than oats because cows are on top of food chain and metals typically will concentrate more in fatty tissue of the animal.

The problem is that people just aren’t using logic when thinking about nutrition. Just stop and think, before eating something, was this food (in its current state) available to our pre agricultural and industrial ancestors? Answer Yes: eat it / Answer No: don’t eat it (or at least limit and be aware it’s not very good for you)

Wait so you're advertising this episode with macadamia nuts which are a seed while your guest says don't eat seeds 😂😂😂

Whats Next ?? "Water" is Dangerous ??

You'd have to eat 12kg of oats per day to approach the dangerous cadmium level quoted in this video. Ridiculous!

I know a 99 year old, who died from eating oats every day - I think?

You’re really damaging your brand having this quack on Thomas 😢

Says the man who had no idea his business partner Liver King was on PEDs… 🤔

You know. I would have normally disregarded this. But recently I brought back in Quaker Oats to my regimen. And I got really nauseous after I had my first bowls. It’s still in my shelf but I wonder if there was a correlation

Where the hell are your sources?

In May of this year I had to have surgery and I was told I need to fast for 8 hours and my last meal before surgery cannot have no protein no fat, so my last meal before surgery was all carbs , oats beans fruit lots of fruit and I lasted 9 hours before my surgery , I eat oats everyday mix with other stuff I never eat oats alone they're not supposed to be eating alone you're supposed to eat them with other stuff Just because someone with orthorexia is afraid of oats doesn't mean I have to stop eating them

Good thing I eat Apple Jacks every morning!

Very slick that technical terms are popped-up in text, as the oracular Saladino pontificates, but NOT ONE study pops-up about anything. This on social media encourages and cultivates chalatanism.

Such a badass interview. My family don't eat oatmeal and seed oil. We cook with grass fed butter, ghee and rendered fat, with lots of salt and sugar. Raw goat milk is awesome but sometime it's stinky so we just buy it from the market.

When I went off low carb, I added oats again for breakfast and quickly put on about 15 pounds in a few months! Back to low carb breakfasts.

Oats is good for cholesterol

“Plants are bad, meat is bad, oats are good, oats are bad, water is bad” I spent my whole 20s listening to the internet change its mind on health and fitness. In my 30s, I’ve just stuck to a high protein organic whole food mostly plant based diet, lifting weights, and some cardio. Best shape of my life.

Everyone told me dairy was causing my GERD but it turned out to be eating oats in the morning, swapping to alternative milks didn't help.

We were NEVER meant to drink milk from a cow, it's for the baby cow/milk is wonderful, tastes friggin' awesome, so healthy for humans!😲 The confusion around food and what we should/shouldn't eat is anxiety inducing to put it mildly. Eating and existing was never supposed to be so complicated

The pointers Paul made applies to almost all plant food. And he says it is the worst breakfast to have. How about cereals, cakes? I have listened enough to put Paul in the ignore list.