Before You Eat Breakfast - The Truth About Oatmeal, Eggs, Bacon & Dairy | Dr. William Li

I’m in my 80’s . organic steel cut oats are a “must have “ for my morning break fast! I add frozen wild blueberries. Or blackberries. Fresh strawberry in season. All my food is organic, pasture grown including the eggs . food is my medicine as I’m super sensitive to drugs. Do not eat sugar. Only food with natural occurring sugar. Am trying to rebuild muscle after Covid from 6 months ago. Weigh about 115. Fats from salmon, olive. Oil…occasional lamb chops from local farm… interested in stem cell healing to rebuild Mitochondria. Exercise daily but not enough due to vertigo from old brain injury. Thank you Doctor for being so specific. We very old people were fortunate to not eat synthetic food and beverages.😍🙏oh yes Eggs❤ from local farmland

I've recently just lost 10 pounds simply by stopping eating at 7:00pm, skipping breakfast (which i never really liked anyway) and eating at 12 noon. Works great...and I'm not hungery at all! I guess this is intermittent fasting....who knew 😂😂

Dad was an M.D. in 70’s to 90’s. One of the last things he said to me was “ONE EGG PER WEEK!”. I was so relieved when this new knowledge came out.

I eat greek yogurt like that as last meal of the day when I come from work after 9PM (I have only mealbreak at 3PM and thats too early for last meal and as I am a chef I cant eat during rush hour). Pure greek yogurt with chia seeds, hemp, crushed linseeds, minced nut mix, acacia fibers, some fruits like blue berries, banana, fresh strawberries and a dash of whole milk or cream and a drizzle of raw honey. Keeps my digestion healthy while I sleep. I no longer buy flavored yogurts, making it yourself is soooo much better! Just dont put pineapple in it, it goes very bad with dairy, thats why you rarely see pineapple flavored dairy. I have that with breakfast or lunch instead :)

Thank you Dr Li, I always watch your video’s and never stop learning! This one was the best! I am a former flight attendant and have left the industry with a “leaky gut” - I know that emulsifiers have a lot to do with it! Now I eat as healthy as I possibly can and never stop educating myself!

I quit eating oatmeal (was eating steel cut oats for over 10 years). The reason I stopped is that it had no effect on my cholesterol. Since I've stopped eating oatmeal, my cholesterol is a couple of points better. The only reason I ate oatmeal was because it was supposed to reduce the cholesterol. I've read and listened to many people on this subject. Some say it lowers cholesterol and some say we shouldn't eat oatmeal. It may work for some people but it didn't work for me. I ate it everyday for years and it didn't work. Now I eat one egg for breakfast and a handful of nuts. I started intermittent fasting almost 5 years ago and I was eating oatmeal for breakfast every day back then. I still do intermittent fasting to keep the weight off as I'm at my goal weight. I stopped eating oatmeal about a year and a half ago to see if my cholesterol would go up, stay the same or reduce. I was surprised that it went down slightly. I'm hoping the next time I have it tested that maybe it will go down some more. I have never been on statins (I refuse to take that risk) as I saw what it did to some people in my family. I don't believe that any one doctor has all the answers. I appreciate all the doctors on You Tube that are educating us but I don't believe everything that they say and I don't believe everything the researchers publicize. It is very difficult for non-doctors to really know what the best thing is to do. I try to take it in and am cautious on what I do but I believe intermittent fasting has helped me the most of any so called diet that I've ever tried. I've been able to keep my weight under control and I cook my own food (no processed food). I'm 70 and on no prescriptions except for potassium with citric acid to dissolve kidney stones and hopefully not have any more of those.

I'm 70 and I was doing fine until I tried eating a little steel cut oatmeal for breakfast (changing nothing else in my diet). I immediately starting gaining weight. Up until that point I was eating less than 20g of carbs a day and intermittent fasting. So I'm back to my low carb lifestyle and have lost the weight I gained. I now stick with my old breakfast of eggs (or cheese omelets), pork sausage or bacon and a cup of coffee. My HDL to Triglycerides ratio has never been lower. For gut microbiome, I eat things like greek yogurt, spinach, kale, and chard, and sauerkraut once a week.

I knew it! Oatmeal is good for you and your gut. This doctor is probably the ablest speaker to explain in detail what are the benefits of oatmeal. What a pleasure to listen to his calm lecture.

I eat breakfast at 12, pasture eggs and uncured bacon one slice of crap bread lol, (I miss cereal for breakfast), coffee with heavy whipping cream, dinner at 6. Nothing in between, fast 18 hrs. Coming up on four years. Thanks for the piece sir.

It's been a while since I'm doing intermittent fasting. I never eat in the morning. My last meal would be 8pm the earlier and 10pm the latest. After that no more food coming in. I am a full-time elderly personal caregiver I have a dementia patient under my care. I usually sleep late coz I am also studying online to advance my career. I sleep usually at 2am and get up at 9am. I just drink water with ACV after I get up, then later I would take my black coffee and water until 1pm or 2pm that's the time I would break my fast. I'm used to it already. I never liked to eat breakfast anymore since I started IF. Thanks a lot Dr. William for your fine explanation about what happened during the fasting hours. Great information. 💖🤩

I am 73 years old woman. I love milk. Last month, my dog pulled me and i fell flat on the sidewalk. No broken bone! I think that this is thanks to me drinking milk everyday and taking 300 mg calcium citrate everyday. Plus magnesium citrate, d3, k2. I thank God that he did not make me listen to many other health teachers who say milk is bad. But i only drink one glass a day. Everything in moderation. I exercise also.

I have a low sugar granola sprinkled with tree nuts, and berries with a little almond milk. For a special treat, I have a keto waffle with pastured raised, boiled egg and butter. I am 86 and have a 72 year old boyfriend!😂😊

Thank you Dr. Li for taking the time to educate us about using food to prevent cetain illnesses and also to heal. I am a new subscriber who saw you on the Rachel Ray Show and was so inpressed by what you showed and told us on her show that when I found you online I was immmediately in. This video is so on point and You cleared up a lot of concepts about breakfast foods to eat and preparation. I have already changed my eating habits and food choices to 30% meat no beef and 70% plant based thanks to you and I am seeing and feeling a difference in my health and energy levels. I also discovered that there are lots of variety and choices of foods which I thought previously was limited. Thank you sooo very much for sharing.

I age oatmeal for breakfast everyday for over 35 years when I was a vegetarian… as of May 2024 I am switching to a meat diet… I didn’t eat red meat or eggs thinking it caused heart attack..now I eat meat 🥩 mostly.

Low sodium soy sauce is just regular soy sauce that has had water added ~ you are paying extra for the water! Just add your own water!

My daughter had a heart transplant, last year, due to an issue she was born with, non-ventricular tachycardia. She is in her late 20’s. They always tell her to drink milk bc with the post-transplant meds, bone health, as well as other (kidneys, etc) is a major concern. As she drinks her milk she tells me “the doctors say this is good” They saved her life. So, she listens to their advice but I wish I could get her to realize Milk isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. I try to respect that it’s her journey.

Wow dr li ur knocking it out of the park with all these new chats, love the details about how scientifically healthful these ‘foods as medicine’ r to us instead of just stating it’s healthy bc no one accepts ‘healthy’ at face value anymore, gotta prove it to folks; so most of all thanks for explaining it in a lay way so I can explain it to my kids too! these r basically ur book only broken into snippets, awesome!

A bowl of porridge made with medium cut oatmeal, water and a pinch of salt served with a little full fat cream (no sugar) has been a traditional breakfast in Scotland, for hundreds of years. It was, very often, prepared the evening before and the pot was placed in a hay box, the following morning it was almost cooked. Also, fed to patients in cardio thoracic units in hospital.

The truth about oatmeal, eggs, bacon & dairy --- they're freakin' delicious!

I have two eggs for breakfast Greek yogurt and after breakfast I go for an hour walk everyday.