FOOD experts.. Bran digestible? uncooked bran, oat and wheat bran

[oscar111]

Hi,
i want to know if bran {mainly oat, but also wheat{, can be digested,, and if the uncooked bran is partly digestible/absorbable, about what percent can be absorbed?

I am thinking of eating some in amounts equal to about eight ounces dry, per meal... got big bags of bran.. no way to cook where i am at right now.

I tried some weeks ago, and had a big laxative effect, but possibly it was due to nerves.

Please let me know about uncooked bran.

Many thanks,
oscar

[Gormy Cuss]

1. I'm no expert but...

Bran is supposed to have a laxative effective. Oat bran is OK raw, but I'm not sure about large quantities of either oat or bran raw. Drink plenty of liquids when you ingest them. It's just better for your body that way.
Here's a link with some more info:
http://www.nutrition.org/nutinfo/content/diet.shtml

[oscar111]

3. gormy, thanks!

that nails down the laxative question...ps what means gormy? the word?

[Gormy Cuss]

4. It's a dialectic term that dates to colonial America

(therefore probably English in origin) and it's still used in Maine. Roughly speaking, it means somewhat awkward, like a bull in a china shop. The word isn't considered an insult nor a compliment, just a way of describing a certain type of person or thing. I'm sure some other gormy sort from Maine will jump in and correct my description. :hi:

[Fredda Weinberg]

2. Cooked, uncooked ... oat bran has more soluble fiber

than wheat bran and fills you up, so eating it is a good way to lose weight without experiencing hunger pangs.

[oneighty]

5. There is a 'wasting disease'

associated with grains such as wheat, rye etc.

I am sure you might find that interesting.

Ergot of rye produces a natural LSD also. (Whoo Hoo)

Interesting stuffs these grains--as I eat at my bowl of shredded wheat and cracked wheat bread toasted and dripping with melted butter and peanut butter.

Yummy.

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[oscar111]

6. Wastng disease?

please expand on that. Dont watnt to get that

thanks

[oneighty]

8. You must Google

I read a 'blip' about it someplace and since I like wheat breads I became curious. Seems there are happenings associate with wheat foods similar to wasting disease in deer.

Ergot of rye I know to be true. Well documented. There was a widespread case in France. A book was written about event. Saint Elmo's Fire I think is the name of the book. I will check.

Whoops I got my Saints mixed up.

The book is 'The Day of St. Anthony's Fire' John Grant Fuller. 1968. Sure it is off topic but a very interesting story.

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[oscar111]

9. thanks. St Elmol's fire is more

interesting.. like static or lightning. I meantg more interesing to watch. Both are interesting, really,,.. must read that b ook you mentioned. thanks!

[AngryAmish]

13. That movie sucked

[Rowdyboy]

19. I read that book in high school (our librarian pointed it out-she knew me

well. Totally fascinating and terrifying account of what happened when an entire village went mad overnight from natural hallucinogenics.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

14. Celiac Disease

nt

[oscar111]

7. any one else ever eat bran as a main dish?

is it absorbable?

[oneighty]

10. Oscar111

Hey. Your post aroused my curiosity. If you search (grains oats wheat grain human digestion etc) in the internet you will find all kinds of useful information.

In the Navy years ago I was involved in a study of wheat germ related to physical endurance. At the time an exercise physiologist was studying the effects of wheat germ on endurance. I was 21 years old in fairly good shape. He was in his fifties. In a mile run he beat me. Damn it. Hahahaha. No I never learned the results of his study.

At the time one could buy wheat germ food supplements.

I have seen St. Elmo's Fire at the top of the mast on a mine sweeper in Korea and also as swamp gas (fox fire) in the swamps and sea marsh of the Low Country in South Carolina. Cool and spooky.

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[oscar111]

11. Wheat germ is not same as bran, but you may already know that

Not questioning your facts, just trying to clarify for the others who may not have read widely as we both have.

have you kept up with exercise and now doing better at the racecourse?

Elmo's fire is neat, for sure. Reminds me of the halo around Van der Graff generator s at science fairs, and may be the same thing.

Keep things progressing there, in the Carolinas,
oscar

[oneighty]

12. Check your PM

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[oscar111]

15. oneeighty.. check your PM. too

zzz

[oneighty]

16. done

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[JitterbugPerfume]

17. intersting

ergot was suspected in Salem witch trials as the cause of "witches" visions

[oscar111]

18. can bran be eaten without the laxative effect ending any absorption?

the laxative runs all the food out before any absorbtion cnan take place