Oats Schmoats!

When I was first diagnosed with Atrial Fibrillation (see the "A Prior Adventure" post from May 5), I also found I had high cholesterol.  I went on a strict regimen of exercise and low-fat vegetarian eating, and brought the cholesterol down from 220 to about 150 in just 6 months.  I made myself think of cheese and butter as poison.  One of the key dietary components was raw oats with fresh fruit and soy milk every morning.  Since then, the cholesterol has stayed low, even though I now eat a fair amount of fatty foods (like pizza, buttered bagels, yum) and haven't had the energy for regular exercise - and I had attributed this to my daily oats.  Until this afternoon.  This afternoon, I found out that one of the effects of WM is to lower cholesterol.  So once the disease is under control, I guess I'll have to start being careful about pizza again :(