instant oats gi

**avcomp5** · 09-07-2006, 01:03 PM

i read on another bb forums that old school quaker instant oats have a high gi and that the old fashioned ones have the low gi. i thought that they both had the same gi so is it true that the instant one has high gi?

***perfectbeast2001*** · 09-07-2006, 01:17 PM

this is true. instant have a higher gi. the lowest gi are steel cut oats with jumbo rolled oats coming second. I use jumbo rolled as steel cut take an age to cook.

**audis4** · 09-07-2006, 01:19 PM

whats on your face in your avatar?

**avcomp5** · 09-07-2006, 01:31 PM

damn i liked instant because i jus put it in my post workout shake (aprox 1.5 cups) and drank it with my protein, will i have to cook the old fsahioned oats b4 i eat them or can i jus put them in my shake and drink it down?

**audis4** · 09-07-2006, 04:20 PM

Originally Posted by avcomp5

damn i liked instant because i jus put it in my post workout shake (aprox 1.5 cups) and drank it with my protein, will i have to cook the old fsahioned oats b4 i eat them or can i jus put them in my shake and drink it down?

raw in your shake works just fine. I usually just nuke mine.

**zodiac666** · 09-07-2006, 06:09 PM

does anyone know how big the difference in GI is between instant and regular?

**audis4** · 09-07-2006, 06:20 PM

Originally Posted by zodiac666

does anyone know how big the difference in GI is between instant and regular?

by instant, do you mean the ones in the little brown packets or the one in the big cylinder that say 'quick oats?'

**brutesinme** · 09-07-2006, 06:23 PM

just soak your steel cut oats overnight, they cook up real quick in the morning. Sometimes i turn them on real low while i'm doing my morning cardio, then there they are, cooked for me when i get back. Takes some practice getting the temp right though, burned me a couple of batches before i got it figured out.

***perfectbeast2001*** · 09-07-2006, 07:08 PM

GI: rolled oats 55, quick oats 69.

If you are using oats just for PWO shake then there GI wont make any difference to you.

**JohnboyF** · 09-07-2006, 07:09 PM

WOW.....i never knew there was such a diffrence..

Perfect. Rolled out are Slow cooking right?

**Hackamaniac** · 09-07-2006, 07:13 PM

Damn I did not know this...Thanks guys!!

***perfectbeast2001*** · 09-08-2006, 12:27 AM

rolled oats take about 5-7 mins to cook. Steel cut are even better but as mentioned before take even longer.

**IBdmfkr** · 09-08-2006, 02:56 AM

If the most your gotta worry about in your diet is the slight difference in GI of the cup of oats you're consuming in the morning than I'd say you're diet is pretty fuking spot on. I eat instant and did so right up until a few weeks out from my comp.. Eaten with a protein source and sometimes prot/fat it was never a concern.

***perfectbeast2001*** · 09-08-2006, 03:00 AM

Originally Posted by I**mfkr

If the most your gotta worry about in your diet is the slight difference in GI of the cup of oats you're consuming in the morning than I'd say you're diet is pretty fuking spot on. I eat instant and did so right up until a few weeks out from my comp.. Eaten with a protein source and sometimes prot/fat it was never a concern.

agreed. I just listed there is a difference but would I worry about it, no not really. Also consider that anything you add to the oats will change the GI anyway.

**1buffsob** · 09-08-2006, 12:43 PM

I have trouble understanding how there can be such a difference between quick oats and old fashioned oats. They both have the exact same nutritional facts, made from the exact same ingrediants, and made the same way. Except quick oats are just made smaller.

Either way, I eat the quick oats.

**audis4** · 09-08-2006, 01:21 PM

Originally Posted by 1buffsob

I have trouble understanding how there can be such a difference between quick oats and old fashioned oats. They both have the exact same nutritional facts, made from the exact same ingrediants, and made the same way. Except quick oats are just made smaller.

Either way, I eat the quick oats.

I thought I was the only one who couldn't really understand the GI difference. Can someone explain this in detail?

**brutesinme** · 09-08-2006, 07:27 PM

The difference exists because of the extra processing in the quick oats. By this i mean cutting them up. Smaller bits have greater surface are per unit volume, making it easier to digest. The faster food is digested, the higher the GI.

**zodiac666** · 09-08-2006, 08:50 PM

Originally Posted by brutesinme

The difference exists because of the extra processing in the quick oats. By this i mean cutting them up. Smaller bits have greater surface are per unit volume, making it easier to digest. The faster food is digested, the higher the GI.

what if you chew your food?

**1buffsob** · 09-09-2006, 12:38 PM

Originally Posted by zodiac666

what if you chew your food?

Exactly. That makes little sense. If the size of the food had anything to do with it, I wonder how high the GI would be for all the food we put in a blender.

**brutesinme** · 09-09-2006, 01:24 PM

Chewing is far from 100% effective in breaking down food particles. By putting food in a blender you are increasing it's GI, however, how often do you eat put only carbs in a blender? the protein you add totally changes the GI.

**1buffsob** · 09-09-2006, 02:42 PM

Originally Posted by brutesinme

Chewing is far from 100% effective in breaking down food particles. By putting food in a blender you are increasing it's GI, however, how often do you eat put only carbs in a blender? the protein you add totally changes the GI.

Ok, but how many meals a day do you have without protein, and for some, fat? So let's just leave that out of the whole GI discussion, as we're trying to eliminate variables and keep all other things constant to determine what makes the exact same food have different GI ratings.

Yes, I understand chewing isn't 100% effective at breaking down food particles. But are you telling me, that a chewed bite of old fashioned oats is going to have a significantly different GI rating than a chewed bite of quick oats? Because, if smaller bits have greater surface area per unit volume, then larger bits would have a lesser surface area per unit volume, which means....... the larger bits would decrease in size moreso from each "chew" than the smaller bits. So, all other things being equal, if you chewed each bite 20x, the difference in size of the quick oats vs the old fashion oats would be minimal at best.

So, I'm still confused as to how the GI ratings of the exact same foods differ by so much.

**flyguy7** · 04-21-2008, 12:19 AM

sorry to bump a very old thread, but i liked where this one was going and wanted to understand more. I've always had the quick oats as the staple of my cutting diet, but recently heard the old fashioned were much lower on the gi. How can this be though when the macros are the same and they supposedly come from the same source but are just more cut up?

**novastepp** · 04-21-2008, 06:18 PM

i think the instant oats have a slightly lower GI, but honestly I wouldn't care. It's oats, you're doing fine. Also, cooking oats lowers the GI a bit. so just nuke em to fix any problem that's still running wild in your head.