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oats: high glycemic carbs?
Well, we had a power outage at work this morning and my plan was to
start my morning with oatmeal, when I felt hungry, probably around 9 or so. Due to the outage I didn't have my oatmeal until about 10, and I was ravenous for it. I ate slowly and mindfully, but here's the thing, I'm hungry already! It's quarter to twelve and I have to wait until lunchtime to eat. I'll get through it with water, but what a bummer! My question: Are oats a high glycemic carb or something? I'm typically not a very hungry person in the am (though that has been changing with weight loss) but I almost feel like I'm more hungry almost 2 hours after eating oatmeal than I would be if I had no breakfast. Ally 212/188/160 |
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oats: high glycemic carbs?
On 5/24/2004 1:54 PM, Alex wrote:
Well, we had a power outage at work this morning and my plan was to start my morning with oatmeal, when I felt hungry, probably around 9 or so. Due to the outage I didn't have my oatmeal until about 10, and I was ravenous for it. I ate slowly and mindfully, but here's the thing, I'm hungry already! It's quarter to twelve and I have to wait until lunchtime to eat. I'll get through it with water, but what a bummer! My question: Are oats a high glycemic carb or something? I'm typically not a very hungry person in the am (though that has been changing with weight loss) but I almost feel like I'm more hungry almost 2 hours after eating oatmeal than I would be if I had no breakfast. Ally 212/188/160 It depends on the oats -- or rather how they oats were processed. Steel cut oats are have a lower glycemic index than rolled oats which have a lower glycemic index than instant oats (which are thinly sliced rolled oats). Of course, it also depends on if you sweetened your oatmeal with anything, etc. -- jmk in NC |
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Alex wrote:
My question: Are oats a high glycemic carb or something? I'm typically not a very hungry person in the am (though that has been changing with weight loss) but I almost feel like I'm more hungry almost 2 hours after eating oatmeal than I would be if I had no breakfast. http://diabetes.about.com/library/me...i/ngilists.htm Steve -- Steve http://www.geocities.com/beforewisdom/ "The great American thought trap: It is not real unless it can be seen on television or bought in a shopping mall" |
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oats: high glycemic carbs?
I used rolled oats, steeped in boiling water until al dente, then
added some chopped apple. Maybe it was the apple and not the oats at all.... Ally 212/188/160 |
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oats: high glycemic carbs?
In article , Alex
wrote: Well, we had a power outage at work this morning and my plan was to start my morning with oatmeal, when I felt hungry, probably around 9 or so. Due to the outage I didn't have my oatmeal until about 10, and I was ravenous for it. I ate slowly and mindfully, but here's the thing, I'm hungry already! It's quarter to twelve and I have to wait until lunchtime to eat. I'll get through it with water, but what a bummer! My question: Are oats a high glycemic carb or something? I'm typically not a very hungry person in the am (though that has been changing with weight loss) but I almost feel like I'm more hungry almost 2 hours after eating oatmeal than I would be if I had no breakfast. Ally 212/188/160 I don't find the glycemic index useful at all as it does not examine the digestibility of carbs, just the insulin spike. -- Diva ***** The Best Man for the Job May Be A Woman |
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oats: high glycemic carbs?
On 5/24/2004 3:19 PM, Carol Frilegh wrote:
In article , Alex wrote: Well, we had a power outage at work this morning and my plan was to start my morning with oatmeal, when I felt hungry, probably around 9 or so. Due to the outage I didn't have my oatmeal until about 10, and I was ravenous for it. I ate slowly and mindfully, but here's the thing, I'm hungry already! It's quarter to twelve and I have to wait until lunchtime to eat. I'll get through it with water, but what a bummer! My question: Are oats a high glycemic carb or something? I'm typically not a very hungry person in the am (though that has been changing with weight loss) but I almost feel like I'm more hungry almost 2 hours after eating oatmeal than I would be if I had no breakfast. Ally 212/188/160 I don't find the glycemic index useful at all as it does not examine the digestibility of carbs, just the insulin spike. And it also does not take into account the entire meal. For example, I often have peanut butter on a wasa cracker with a small bowl of oatmeal. I suspect the PB lowers the GI -- not really sure if that is scientifically true or not but the meal sure sticks with me. -- jmk in NC |
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oats: high glycemic carbs?
"jmk" wrote in message ... On 5/24/2004 3:19 PM, Carol Frilegh wrote: In article , Alex wrote: Well, we had a power outage at work this morning and my plan was to start my morning with oatmeal, when I felt hungry, probably around 9 or so. Due to the outage I didn't have my oatmeal until about 10, and I was ravenous for it. I ate slowly and mindfully, but here's the thing, I'm hungry already! It's quarter to twelve and I have to wait until lunchtime to eat. I'll get through it with water, but what a bummer! My question: Are oats a high glycemic carb or something? I'm typically not a very hungry person in the am (though that has been changing with weight loss) but I almost feel like I'm more hungry almost 2 hours after eating oatmeal than I would be if I had no breakfast. Ally 212/188/160 I don't find the glycemic index useful at all as it does not examine the digestibility of carbs, just the insulin spike. And it also does not take into account the entire meal. For example, I often have peanut butter on a wasa cracker with a small bowl of oatmeal. I suspect the PB lowers the GI -- not really sure if that is scientifically true or not but the meal sure sticks with me. -- jmk in NC I always add a scoop of protein powder and tablespoon of ground flax seed to my oatmeal. This certainly holds me for 3-4 hours. Beverly |
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oats: high glycemic carbs?
Alex wrote:
Well, we had a power outage at work this morning and my plan was to start my morning with oatmeal, when I felt hungry, probably around 9 or so. Due to the outage I didn't have my oatmeal until about 10, and I was ravenous for it. I ate slowly and mindfully, but here's the thing, I'm hungry already! It's quarter to twelve and I have to wait until lunchtime to eat. I'll get through it with water, but what a bummer! My question: Are oats a high glycemic carb or something? I'm typically not a very hungry person in the am (though that has been changing with weight loss) but I almost feel like I'm more hungry almost 2 hours after eating oatmeal than I would be if I had no breakfast. WHEN you eat counts almost as much as WHAT you eat. You just learned why mothers refuse to allow a child to go to school without eating breakfast first, and you learned it still applies to adults. For the same total calories across the day, it is very easy to be more or less hungry depending on when you eat your foods. This is why folks push having breakfast, why folks push having several small meals instead of big ones, and so on. Alternate speculation - When you regularly eat breakfast, you are not yet hungry, right? It that's right then you're eating your breakfast to *prevent* hunger. Instead today you ate it to *cure* hunger. "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." I suspect that if you never allow yourself to get hungry, you can end up eating less food total across the day. But allow yourself to get hungry and it takes more to stop it than it took to prevent it. |
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