Oats. Steel cut or rolled? Cooked or uncooked?

[thatguy]

Do you eat steel cut or rolled oats? Do you cook them, or just add them raw to a smoothie / protein shake? Trying to figure out which is better to do and why. What better place to ask than here?

 

[RackPuller]

realistically the most already digested (broken down) form is best so quick oats!

I have been mixing them with the honey bunches of oats Cheerios edition and using eggwhites as milk

80g quick oats
50g cereal
460ml eggwhites
Easy as fuck to eat
That’s about 60p 100c 10f

 

[thatguy]

realistically the most already digested (broken down) form is best so quick oats!

I have been mixing them with the honey bunches of oats Cheerios edition and using eggwhites as milk

80g quick oats
50g cereal
460ml eggwhites
Easy as fuck to eat
That’s about 60p 100c 10f

There's no benefit to steel cut or anything like that? Just add the quick oats to cereal and egg whites and down it?

 

[RackPuller]

There's no benefit to steel cut or anything like that? Just add the quick oats to cereal and egg whites and down it?

Yeah oats are oats

 

[Brandaddy]

Fermented quick oats

 

[PimpyLongCockings]

I put regular oat with some skim milk and whey in the refrigerator before sleeping. In the morning it's easy to drink.
I'd do quick oats but I don't like the texture. Just personal choice.

Uncooked, raw oats are a little hard for me to digest.

 

[thatguy]

I put regular oat with some skim milk and whey in the refrigerator before sleeping. In the morning it's easy to drink.
I'd do quick oats but I don't like the texture. Just personal choice.

Uncooked, raw oats are a little hard for me to digest.

Do you warm them up in the morning, or just drink it cold? Just wondering as you say uncooked are harder to digest.

 

[thatguy]

Fermented quick oats

Are you just blending the oats and letting them sit in water for a couple days?

 

[PimpyLongCockings]

Do you warm them up in the morning, or just drink it cold? Just wondering as you say uncooked are harder to digest.

Take it out and drink it as it warms to room temp. It's 1.5c uncooked, 2c skim, 1 serving whey

 

[thatguy]

Take it out and drink it as it warms to room temp. It's 1.5c uncooked, 2c skim, 1 serving whey

No digestion issues that way?

 

[Jestopherson]

I'll do either

(Make the first one over night)
1 cup steel cut
1.5 cups oat milk
3tbsp hemp hearts
1 scoop whey
1-2tbsp maple syrup

2 cups oat milk
2 bananas
1 cup quick oats or 50g cream of rice
2 scoops whey
3tbsp hemp hearts

Those are my 2 preferred breakfasts

 

[Eman]

There isn't really a "best" there... I think steel cut taste better but they take a long time to make whereas any other version can be made in a fraction of the time. But, if you soak steel cut overnight they're ready the next morning so if you plan ahead and like them better... Do that. If you don't care and want the easiest option, steel cut probably aren't for you.

I also really don't like making shakes but if you do, rolled are probably your thing.

 

[JackedSwiss]

Nutritionally they all will have similar macros (brand dependent)

If its going in a shake, (130-150g) I prefer raw steel cut oats because it doesn't absorb moisture quite like rolled oats so its not a chunky mess by the time I finish my lift. Its easy to get down with some whey isolate post lift.

If its being eaten, I prefer Quaker quick cook rolled because its more fluffy when cooked (from my experience), and typically its smaller pieces so easier for me to digest. I cook mine with water 1 min in microwave, I always mix my oatmeal with whey protein as I believe it helps the digestibility of whey. I also add some almond milk for texture. Depending on my macronutrient goals I will add in an array of nut butters and or berries.

The shake method with the oat weight I used is definitely more of a caloric surplus type of deal. If I was dieting I would never waste that many carbs on a post lift shake. Eating oats is great regardless of your macro nutrient goals. Calorically one of the most dense carbs it can be eaten at virtually any time (for some people).

Depending on your digestion and whether or not oats bloat you, will determine what's best for you.

 

[Avies48]

Steel cut oats give me horendous gas and i poop way more, and not normal, like i feel like i need to fart and run to the bathroom to just drop some air and fluffy poo,. And i mean like 5-7 x per day if ive eaten the steel cut oats....

 

[79Lifter]

Quaker whole Oats from Costco. Blend 1 cup into some water (add whatever else you want too) and drink it down. Easiest way to get oats quickly into your system.

 

[Silentlemon1011]

Instant oats for me
Nice quick Carb and sugar hit first thing in the AM.
Followed up with a shake.

Good Macros and I'm not feeling too heavy for when I hit work