Originally Posted by mrmark

Afert posting in Supps, I have decided to go with a whey protein and oatmeal shake but...

1: because I want to be able to drink it, if I blend the oatmeal so that the end product is smooth ie no flakes, does this remove the benefits of having oatmeal?

2: Is oatmeal considered to be a complex carb or more of a roughage food?

Thanks!!

Originally Posted by kcoleman

You won't be able to drink that like a regular shake.

Originally Posted by ABCs

Just chew alittle. It's not gunna kill ya.

Originally Posted by Rocco32

Exactly...it's what i've been doing for 4 years now. Nothing at all wrong with it and if made right can taste pretty good as well.

Originally Posted by kcoleman

Also I'm pretty sure that blending oatmeal (or turning it into powder) raises the glycemic index. I tried making a shake out of oat-bran, whey isolate, and milk. Took my half an hour to drink as I gagged after every sip.

Originally Posted by Emma-Leigh

Firstly - oatmeal is a starch carb... Fibrous carbs are things like vegetables. The terms 'complex carb' and 'simple carb' are not really all that useful and are basically not used anymore...

Originally Posted by Phred

I had a nutritionist tell me that vegies are not carbs, they are veggies. I figured there were starchy and fiberous carbs. She was very adamant about her position - I just let it go. I just want to understand. Also, why should oat bran cooked in lieu of eaten raw?

Originally Posted by juggernaut

doesnt mixing protein with a carb lower the GI rating?

Originally Posted by theoneandonly

Quaker Oats can be cooked in a microwave in less then 3 minutes. That is pretty darn quick Dan.

Originally Posted by theoneandonly

Quaker Oats can be cooked in a microwave in less then 3 minutes. That is pretty darn quick Dan.

Originally Posted by mrmark

Thanks for the input everyone, as an experiement, because I haven't got a blender yet, i bought a bag of bran is teeny flakes.

i'll mix it up within a day or 2 and see how it works.

Originally Posted by Emma-Leigh

ok...

Firstly - oatmeal is a starch carb... Fibrous carbs are things like vegetables. The terms 'complex carb' and 'simple carb' are not really all that useful and are basically not used anymore...

Secondly - the nature of the carb does not indicate GI. For example, An apple (or, a 'simple carb' composed of sugars) is LOW on the glycaemic index while white rice (a 'complex carb') is much higher.... Similarly, table sugar (sucrose) has a GI equal to sweet potato (comlpex carb)....

Thirdly - the glycaemic index of a carb does not refer to the insulin response it provokes.... For example - milk has a really LOW GI (due to the lactose in it) but the insulin response it provokes is really high (due to, once again, the lactose.. but also because of the whey and especially the BCAA fractions of the whey in it too).

Fourthly - no, blending the oats will not remove all their benefits. It will still offer you calories, carbs, some protein, some healthy fats, some fibre, some vitamins/ minerals and will help with hunger... Yes - blending it MAY alter the GI of the actual OATS (you increase the surface area and therefore increase the ease at which your intestinal enzymes can break down the food) but the fact that you are increasing the GI of the oats (and it is not to a huge degree anyway) doesn't mean a thing at the end of the day.. Why? Because unless you are talking about meals DIRECTLY around workouts (where speed of uptake are vital to ensure correct loading/ partitioning/ hormonal responses) then the GI of an individual food, when combined in a mixed meal, is going to mean very little because the protein/ fats you add to the meal are going to 'dilute' the oats effect.

Fifthly - errmmmm... I would probably not use oatbran in a shake... it is usually best to cook that stuff...