Fast Metabolizers Who Eat Oatmeal May Suffer from Hypoglycemia

Hypoglycemia is the number one cause of headaches.

Oatmeal contains many phenolic compounds and may be just the right thing for some, but it may not work well for others. I have a very fast metabolic rate and if I eat oatmeal I'll have a splitting headache by ten o-clock. This is one area where I totally agree with the Eat Right For Your Type highly beneficial, neutral and avoidance foods. I've talked with others who have experienced the same type of reaction to oatmeal and have never been able to figure out why they react the way they do, when oatmeal works great for others they know.

Personally, I believe it's the fact that all of those I've talked with who've had problems, have also been fast metabolizers, blood type O, thyroid body types or a combination of any the three. My wife, who's a slow metabolizer, gonadal/pituitary body type and blood type B, thrives on oatmeal.

Another problem may be in body typing. It's suggested that thyroid types eat whole grains and avoid all processed grains. Finding whole oats is more difficult than locating hen's teeth, at least where we live.

If you've experienced hypoglycemia after eating oatmeal, you may want to switch to millet or brown rice. Millet is the only "alkalinizing" grain. I find that a combination of brown rice, or millet, with two eggs scrambled in while the grain is heating and then adding super food, that includes chlorella and spirulina, plus ground flax seed, works well for me and curbs my appetite until lunch time, which is usually around two o-clock. Cayenne pepper and other chile peppers are also high in vitamin C. Chile peppers have been used as a food for centuries to relieve pain.