The 1 Food 96% of People Are Missing | Mini Episode

**Dr Faye Bate** (0:00)
I'm going to show you something, and you will tell me if you would buy it, or you would say bye bye.

**Dr Federica Amati** (0:05)
Okay.

**Dr Faye Bate** (0:06)
So, starting with chocolate.

**Dr Federica Amati** (0:09)
Dark chocolate, 70%, bye.

**Dr Faye Bate** (0:11)
And milk chocolate?

**Dr Federica Amati** (0:14)
For me, personally, bye bye.

**Dr Faye Bate** (0:16)
Okay, what's?

**Dr Federica Amati** (0:19)
I don't like it. Listen, if you love dairy milk, buy dairy milk. If we're buying it for health reasons, so if you're trying to add a food to your diet that's going to have measurable health effects, it's the dark chocolate that has that research.

**Dr Faye Bate** (0:30)
Fab. Okay.

**Dr Federica Amati** (0:33)
Oh, bye every day.

**Dr Faye Bate** (0:34)
I didn't even say it.

**Dr Federica Amati** (0:35)
All the time. Cheer seeds.

**Dr Faye Bate** (0:37)
For the audio, cheer seeds, bye all the time. Why?

**Dr Federica Amati** (0:41)
They're just such a powerhouse. When we think about increasing fiber intake, increasing accessible omega-3 fatty acids from plant sources, so ALAs, increasing satiety, just cheer seeds, man, they are just so good. And the only thing with cheer seeds is I would say like soak them, especially if you don't have a lot of fiber in your diet. And especially if you're not increasing your water intake with your fiber intake, just give them a little soak. They only need to soak overnight, even 10, 20 minutes in the morning. If you've made a little yogurt pot for yourself and you're getting ready to leave the house, between that 10, 15 minutes in between is still good enough. And yeah, eat them. They're so good. But don't shovel them by the teaspoon raw, please. Fab.

**Dr Faye Bate** (1:29)
OK. What are your favorite ways to consume chia seeds?

**Dr Federica Amati** (1:32)
I love a chia pudding. I put it in my porridge. I put it in my yogurt bowls. I put it in my, if I, very rarely, but if I ever do decide to bake a cake, I'll put them in there. They're great. They make cake moist and delicious. I hate that word, but it does, it does, it works. I put them in smoothies.
And that's probably all the applications I think.

**Dr Faye Bate** (1:56)
Nice. I love in the cake.

**Dr Federica Amati** (1:58)
It's really good in cake. So if you make an apple cake, love apple cake, apple cake with like almond flour, chia seeds, bit yogurt. I don't have an exact recipe for this, but it works very well. You can also bake it into your bread.
Like truly just go for it. More is more with chia.

**Dr Faye Bate** (2:16)
Nice.

**Dr Federica Amati** (2:17)
Yeah.

**Dr Faye Bate** (2:17)
It's a resounding buy. I love that.
Instant flavored oatmeal.

**Dr Federica Amati** (2:23)
Bye bye.

**Dr Faye Bate** (2:24)
Okay.

**Dr Federica Amati** (2:24)
Honestly, your best is just so much of the goodness of the oats has been stripped in these products that you're not actually getting the benefits of oat. And it's not going to fill you up either. These are often quite small sachets. And the reason they're small is because there's a lot of added sugars normally. So to keep that labeling, they have to make them fairly small portions. You're just so much better off getting oats, ideally jumbo rolled, so they've got more of the fiber.
And it takes one and a half minute to microwave normal oats in a microwave. And then you can sweeten them with honey or fruits yourself and it'll be better.

**Dr Faye Bate** (3:07)
Protein pudding.

**Dr Federica Amati** (3:07)
Don't know what that is, but no. Bye bye.

**Dr Faye Bate** (3:11)
Goodbye. Herbal teas.

**Dr Federica Amati** (3:13)
Yeah. Yeah.

**Dr Faye Bate** (3:14)
Yeah.

**Dr Federica Amati** (3:14)
Good. Great options. Faye hydrating. And a lot of them have some interesting data behind them, like hibiscus tea for hypertension, for high blood pressure, for example. Won't do what your medicines do for you, but can be really helpful.
Caramyl, verbena, lots of lovely herbals. I'm a yes for that.

**Dr Faye Bate** (3:31)
Bye.
Ooh, very controversial one recently. Oat milk.

**Dr Federica Amati** (3:37)
Buy if you like it. If it's for your kids or if you're a vegan, then make sure it's fortified.

**Dr Faye Bate** (3:43)
Do you have any input on the discourse recently about oat milk is just ruining our blood sugars?

**Dr Federica Amati** (3:49)
Yes. So, I mean, okay. So the oat milk composition in terms of macronutrients is fairly similar to dairy. So it's not that different. What I would say is that look for, look out for brands that have added sweeteners, but that's for any milk. So you always want to try and avoid brands that add a lot of sugar to their milk. Most oat milks, because oats are quite naturally sweet, don't actually have that much added sugar, but just look out for that. The glyphosate conversation is negligible with oat milk because so much of the oat has been stripped down and blended. So it's not a major contributor of glyphosate intake. Glyphosate is safe for human consumption at the levels we find it in our normal farming practices. So there's a lot of fear among me. I don't know why oat milk was just targeted. Actually, I do know, apparently there was quite a lot of dairy industry money that went behind trying to remove oat milk as like a favorite because the growth was so big.