[Mears]

“– such as throwing out junk food and dairy in favor of vegetables, brown rice, quinoa, steel cut oatmeal and lean meats.”

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OK,I give up.

Oatmeal cut by steel is better for you than another kind?

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[Mrs. Don-o]

The difference is that rolled oats are much softer and thinner and digest faster, which can cause a blood sugar spike. Rolled oats are steamed, rolled, steamed again and toasted (making thin soft flakes.) Steel cut oats are more like chopped into thick pieces. They take a lot longer to digest.

For really-soft, really-fast digested, the ultimate would be "instant oatmeal." Starch breaks down stat, turns into sugar and goes straight to the bloodstream.

[pa_dweller]

Indeed. Rolled oats (flattened kernels) get heated, by being squashed, during the milling process, which destroys nutrients. The steel cut variety is cut by steel knives, sorta like slicing a pickle, and is not heated - therefore more nutrients are retained.

It takes a lot longer to get soft enough to eat too. When I was eating it regularly I'd soak it overnight to soften it. Otherwise it's like eating gravel.

[EQAndyBuzz]

“Oatmeal cut by steel is better for you than another kind?”

I am glad you asked that question. My daughter keeps telling me to buy steel cut oats and every time I ask her why she gives me this look like I am crazy. I bet she doesn’t have a clue what they are.

[nickcarraway]

I think the steel cut ones taste better. Better texture.

[Boogieman]

“Oatmeal cut by steel is better for you than another kind?”

Must be, otherwise why would they charge more for it? :)

[Alas Babylon!]

[IC Ken]

Re>Oatmeal cut by steel is better for you than another kind

The answer is NO. But looking at the process from start to finish. Both are steel cut but the rolled or flattened oats go thru an additional process to flatten them. Some say it loses some oils when this happens but nutritionally them are close to exact.