{"id":63092,"date":"2026-01-10T21:02:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T10:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=63092"},"modified":"2026-01-10T21:02:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T10:02:54","slug":"brutal-breakfast-reality-check-oatmeal-or-omelette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=63092","title":{"rendered":"Brutal breakfast reality check &#8211; Oatmeal or Omelette?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63093\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Oatmeal.jpg\" alt=\"Oatmeal\" width=\"518\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Oatmeal.jpg 518w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Oatmeal-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Mark Hyman shares a Harvard study that will make you rethink breakfast:<\/p>\n<p>Overweight teens ate the exact same calories in three different meals \u2014 oatmeal, steel-cut oats, or omelette.<\/p>\n<p>Result?<\/p>\n<p>Oatmeal group: sky-high insulin, cortisol &amp; adrenaline (like being chased by a tiger) ate 81% more food later.<\/p>\n<p>Steel-cut oats: still 50% more than an omelette.<\/p>\n<p>Omelette group stayed satisfied longest.<\/p>\n<p>Moral: Start your day with protein + fat \u2014 not starch or sugar (no muffins, bagels, oatmeal, pancakes\u2026).<\/p>\n<p>Who\u2019s switching to eggs\/bacon\/avocado tomorrow?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/newstart_2024\/status\/2009637477158371812?s=20\">https:\/\/x.com\/newstart_2024\/status\/2009637477158371812?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Mark Hyman shares a Harvard study that will make you rethink breakfast: Overweight teens ate the exact same calories in three different meals \u2014 oatmeal, steel-cut oats, or omelette. Result? Oatmeal group: sky-high insulin, cortisol &amp; adrenaline (like being chased by a tiger) ate 81% more food later. Steel-cut oats: still 50% more than &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=63092\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Brutal breakfast reality check &#8211; Oatmeal or Omelette?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63092"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63094,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63092\/revisions\/63094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}