I eat oatmeal daily for breakfast and heard about phytic acid and fermenting so decided to give fermentation a try. I use McCann's (5 min) oatmeal, add a teaspoon of cheap plain yogurt, and let it sit covered for about 24 hours before reheating. I love the sour taste and usually just add some stevia.
Anyways, after eating for 2 weeks I mysteriously got a fever and missed 5 days of work. My doctor suspected the fermented oatmeal due to the timing but also admitted this was an age old practice that wouldn't likely give these sorts of symptoms (fatigue & mild fever). His advice was to stop the fermenting for a month and try again if I felt compelled, so I did. After 2 weeks of eating it again, I again got sick with similar symptoms but this time accompanied by sore throat and headache -another guy at work had a similar illness (no sneezing/coughing, don't see how it could have spread...). Now I'm healthy again and have switched my recipe from yogurt to an 1/8 tsp of apple cider vinegar.
Anyone else ever encounter any sickness like this or have any suggestions/theories as to what I might be doing wrong if anything?