Glycemic Index: Oats vs. Brown Rice

[DNoMac]

How different are they? I love oats and it's quick and easy to cook. Was wondering if it would make much difference to have my tasty oats instead of rice.

[marcus300]

LOW GLYCEMIC INDEX FOODS (55 or less)
(choose most often vvv)

Skim milk
Plain Yogurt
Soy beverage
Apple/plum/orange
Sweet potato
Oat bran bread
Oatmeal (slow cook oats)
Converted or Parboiled rice
Pumpernickel bread
Al dente (firm) pasta
Lentils/kidney/baked beans
Chick peas


MEDIUM GLYCEMIC INDEX FOODS (56-69)
(choose more often vv)

Banana
Pineapple
Raisins
New potatoes
Popcorn
Split pea or green pea soup
Brown rice
Basmati rice
Shredded wheat cereal
Whole wheat bread
Rye bread

HIGH GLYCEMIC INDEX FOODS

[marcus300]

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[DNoMac]

Thanks Marcus. I was lookin at a chart and saw that 1 tsp of fructose had a GI of 23, and 1 cup of orange juice had a Gi of 46? I was always under the impression that fruit had a high GI. Why does everybody avoid fruit in their diet?

[xtinaunasty]

whaaat!!??! i thought oats had a gi of like 80....?

[LAGMuXle]

Marcus - what is your source for your information. Just curious.

[DNoMac]

I just looked it up, all seems accurate. Mine is out of a text for a Human Nutrition course I'm taking

[chest6]

I could have sworn brown rice had a lower GI than oats. Damn.

[Squatman51]

What does it mean by slow cooked oats??? Mine take like 1 1/2 -2 minutes is that slow

[Kärnfysikern]

marcus is that based on a GI scale where white bread is defiend as 100 or dextrose as 100??

the table I always use has brown rice as 79 and oatmeal as 76

[spittin' 'n cussin']

i think the slow cook oats have a lower gi beacause they are not ground up and digest slower. the fast cooking oats are ground up and are digested easier so they have a higher gi. this is all if you eat oats and oats alone. the gi will be much different depending on what youre eating with them