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All right, here in America, we love convenience, and we also love breakfast, unfortunately.

What's the definition of hot, filling, convenient breakfast? Well, oatmeal. Sure, may be delicious, easy to make, and you might even think it's good for you.

I get it. We've been taught to think this.

But unfortunately, that could not be further from the truth.

In fact, oatmeal is one of the worst foods that you can put in your body.

Oats used to make oatmeal are loaded with lectins, which can

poke holes in your gut lining and cause serious health issues down the line. My oldest

daughter is an elite horse woman, and she assures me that the only purpose of oats is

to make horses fat for the winter. And I couldn't agree

with her more. Back when we needed to get fat for the winter, oats were fairly useful. And

oats absolutely makes you get fat for the winter. And if that's not enough to stop you, I've got plenty more reasons.

Interestingly enough, the ancient Egyptians actually ate a lot of oats.

But analysis of thousands of Egyptian mummified remains has revealed that the health status of those odiers wasn't very good.

They often died overweight with clogged arteries.

Their teeth were decayed from a diet high in grains,

which are full of simple sugar,

and were worn down to the gums by grinding these grains with their teeth.

In fact, other mummies have suggested that some of the Egyptian queens died with diabetes.

Now there's a study that I've alluded to in my earlier books of children in orphanages in England

at the turn of the century who were fed oats as their daily food.

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