Quick 1 minute oats Versus Old Fashioned Oats

[(((A^T^R)))_old]

I got both sitting here in front of me in the big Quaker Oats tubs. What I don't understand is how the thinner rolled oats have a higher GI than the old fashioned oats.

Both are identical in ingredients and nutrition facts.

Old
Fashioned:http://www.quakeroatmeal.com/qo_ourP...fm?productid=3

How can one have a higher GI than the other?

Quick 1 Minute:http://www.quakeroatmeal.com/qo_ourP...fm?productid=1

Here is what Alan said in the sticky.

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thinly rolled non-prepacketed oats (which many don't realize have a GI of appx 65-75 as opposed to the low-GI the steel-cut or old-fashioned type)

I usually grind the oats up real thin in a blender and keep a jug of oats in my truck at school and add them to a shake if I don't have time for a meal. Should I only use Old fashioned or Steel Cut for a MRP. Are the Quick 1-minute too high of a GI carb source.

Or am I just splitting hairs here???

A concise answer would be helpful.

-ATR-

[KryptoKnight]

Old fashioned and Steel cut have basically the same GI value, which should be used in a meal. The quick oats can be used PWO since they're a higher GI, but I myself use regular oats PWO. It really doesn't matter which you use PWO, just use the steel cut or old fashioned for meals.

[(((A^T^R)))_old]

Old fashioned and Steel cut have basically the same GI value, which should be used in a meal. The quick oats can be used PWO since they're a higher GI, but I myself use regular oats PWO. It really doesn't matter which you use PWO, just use the steel cut or old fashioned for meals.

I grind my oats up in a blender. Would this change the GI of the oats regardless of them being steel cut, old fashioned, or thinly rolled?

[Plato458]

The rough explanation...

GI is about how quickly the foodstuff releases its nutrients ie carbs.

Fast oats are smaller, thinner, more crushed down so they have a bigger surface area = it's easier for them to be digested and cooked.

So whole oats = lowest GI variant > big rolled oats > steel cut > totally crushed and dusty i.e. microwave oats. Depending on how mashed the blender leaves them - they are going to be at the higher GI end.

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[saku]

The rough explanation...

GI is about how quickly the foodstuff releases its nutrients ie carbs.

Fast oats are smaller, thinner, more crushed down so they have a bigger surface area = it's easier for them to be digested and cooked.

So whole oats = lowest GI variant > big rolled oats > steel cut > totally crushed and dusty i.e. microwave oats. Depending on how mashed the blender leaves them - they are going to be at the higher GI end.

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good explanation.

[(((A^T^R)))_old]

The rough explanation...

GI is about how quickly the foodstuff releases its nutrients ie carbs.

Fast oats are smaller, thinner, more crushed down so they have a bigger surface area = it's easier for them to be digested and cooked.

So whole oats = lowest GI variant > big rolled oats > steel cut > totally crushed and dusty i.e. microwave oats. Depending on how mashed the blender leaves them - they are going to be at the higher GI end.

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So your saying if I take the lowest GI variant (big rolled oats) and grind them in a blender where I can down the taste of death a little easier; I'm ultimately turning a slow burning carb into a fast absorbing carb that causes a higer insulin spike just because I changed the physical attributes of the oats by making them smaller?

Please tell me this isn't so.

[Plato458]

Afraid so - they still won't be as super high as dextrose but they will digest faster. Same effect as protein powders being assimilated more quickly than a chicken breast.

I wouldn't be too concerned about it - unless you're super carb sensitive (which I assume you're not) it won't make a much difference compared to all the other things that you're doing/eating.

Stupid question, how many cups of oats are you trying to disguise in your shakes ? I can't eat them like that BLECH texture. I make porridge and oat cakes with mine and they're a million times better than dry with water or skimmed milk.

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[markyg]

I use about 90g of oats to 600ml of skimmed milk to 1 scoop protein powder. Tastes damn fine

[(((A^T^R)))_old]

There in no disguising the oats death like presence. But I eat them like it is my job.

1.5 cups of oats in morning shake w/ skim milk and 50 grams of protein powder and 10 grams bulk leucine.

3/4 cup oats in MRP shake w/ Tablespoon of flax and 50 grams protein powder
(w/ skim milk also)

3/4 cup oats in PWO shake along with 50 grams protein powder, 15 grams leucine, and about 20 grams of simple carbs to top it off.

[Plato458]

Try some of these to see if you can smother the taste of death

http://www.hamlynsoats.co.uk/indexrecipes.htm

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[jstone28]

I got both sitting here in front of me in the big Quaker Oats tubs. What I don't understand is how the thinner rolled oats have a higher GI than the old fashioned oats.

Both are identical in ingredients and nutrition facts.

Old
Fashioned:http://www.quakeroatmeal.com/qo_ourP...fm?productid=3

How can one have a higher GI than the other?

Quick 1 Minute:http://www.quakeroatmeal.com/qo_ourP...fm?productid=1

Here is what Alan said in the sticky.



I usually grind the oats up real thin in a blender and keep a jug of oats in my truck at school and add them to a shake if I don't have time for a meal. Should I only use Old fashioned or Steel Cut for a MRP. Are the Quick 1-minute too high of a GI carb source.

Or am I just splitting hairs here???

A concise answer would be helpful.

-ATR-

if i am not wrong, 65-75 is Medium on the GI index and that is considered "lower".

later in that sticky alan says that worrying about the GI index=waste of time, and IMO it all comes down to the GI load.

the fact that you are taking in Carbs+Protein slows the digestion of the Carbs thus making them digest slower and bringing down the GI score.

if you have the money, you can purchase a Meal-Replacement Powder. they come all pre-mixed and probbably taste a little better. if money is an issue than oats are fine to mix.

hope that helps?!?

[AndyKram]

How can you not like oats? Some days, I'll devour 3-4 bowls of oats. Especially Old Fashioned Oats - I can't get enough of those delicious morsels.

[(((A^T^R)))_old]

How can you not like oats? Some days, I'll devour 3-4 bowls of oats. Especially Old Fashioned Oats - I can't get enough of those delicious morsels.

I could give a sh*t less what they taste like. I can down oats, bulk bcaa's, bulk cissus, and other nasty supps., but my main concern was the GI of the oats when I transform their attributes to a finer form that can be downed in a shake full of good carbs and protein used as a MRP.

[Plato458]

For me it's cottage cheese URGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I still can't get the vision of it melted on toast out of my head BLECH

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