I hate oatmeal but like the taste of oats. Is there any harm in eating rolled oats without cooking them in terms of health benefits? Currently I just add them to my smoothies.
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Posted 15 February 2009 - 10:30 PM
Posted 16 February 2009 - 02:58 AM
I hate oatmeal but like the taste of oats. Is there any harm in eating rolled oats without cooking them in terms of health benefits? Currently I just add them to my smoothies.
Posted 16 February 2009 - 03:04 AM
Posted 16 February 2009 - 03:05 AM
Posted 16 February 2009 - 06:23 AM
What exactly is done to oats to make them instant? I figure it must involve heat, and maybe high pressure. I like oatmeal, but would also like to avoid heat-treated food if I can help it. Steel cut oats are out for reasons of time, unless maybe there's a way to soak them overnight or something to avoid long cooking times. Anyone have a way to do raw-style oatmeal that tastes good and is at least reasonably fast in the morning?It hasn't affected me negatively. I've been eating uncooked instant organic oats, soaked overnight, for the past few months. I think it's fine without soaking as long as you're well-hydrated. I also drink an instantized oat powder and have done so for over a year with no ill effects.
Posted 16 February 2009 - 07:20 PM
What exactly is done to oats to make them instant? I figure it must involve heat, and maybe high pressure. I like oatmeal, but would also like to avoid heat-treated food if I can help it. Steel cut oats are out for reasons of time, unless maybe there's a way to soak them overnight or something to avoid long cooking times. Anyone have a way to do raw-style oatmeal that tastes good and is at least reasonably fast in the morning?It hasn't affected me negatively. I've been eating uncooked instant organic oats, soaked overnight, for the past few months. I think it's fine without soaking as long as you're well-hydrated. I also drink an instantized oat powder and have done so for over a year with no ill effects.
Edited by CobaltThoriumG, 16 February 2009 - 07:57 PM.
Posted 17 February 2009 - 06:26 AM
What exactly is done to oats to make them instant? I figure it must involve heat, and maybe high pressure. I like oatmeal, but would also like to avoid heat-treated food if I can help it. Steel cut oats are out for reasons of time, unless maybe there's a way to soak them overnight or something to avoid long cooking times. Anyone have a way to do raw-style oatmeal that tastes good and is at least reasonably fast in the morning?It hasn't affected me negatively. I've been eating uncooked instant organic oats, soaked overnight, for the past few months. I think it's fine without soaking as long as you're well-hydrated. I also drink an instantized oat powder and have done so for over a year with no ill effects.
Posted 18 February 2009 - 12:04 AM
There's been several posts on AGE content on cooked foods and it appears that cooking carbs does not raise their AGE content very much, unlike meat which sky rockets in AGE content when cooked.
Posted 18 February 2009 - 02:42 AM
There's been several posts on AGE content on cooked foods and it appears that cooking carbs does not raise their AGE content very much, unlike meat which sky rockets in AGE content when cooked.
Unfortunately, this isn't entirley accurate. The AGE data for rice krispies, for one, is sky high. Heat and processing methods can cause issues. Upon further reflection, though, I'm not sure instantizing oats necessarily entails high heat. I have raw cacao powder that is ground very fine, yet they say it never exceeds something like 110 degrees in processing.
Posted 18 February 2009 - 05:40 AM
But that cacao powder is specifically processed without heat in order to be considered raw. Otherwise it would just be regular cacao. Considering how much money that some raw foods cost, I wonder how many unscrupulous vendors are just labeling stuff as raw and jacking up the price?There's been several posts on AGE content on cooked foods and it appears that cooking carbs does not raise their AGE content very much, unlike meat which sky rockets in AGE content when cooked.
Unfortunately, this isn't entirley accurate. The AGE data for rice krispies, for one, is sky high. Heat and processing methods can cause issues. Upon further reflection, though, I'm not sure instantizing oats necessarily entails high heat. I have raw cacao powder that is ground very fine, yet they say it never exceeds something like 110 degrees in processing.
Foods | AGE(U/g) | Serving(g) | AGE/serving(U/serving) |
Oatmeal instant, dry | 190 | 30 | 5,700 |
Oatmeal, instant | 140 | 175 | 25,000 |
Oatmeal, instant with honey | 180 | 175 | 32,000 |
Pizza, thin crust | 68,000 | 100 | 6,800,000 |
Cheese, Sandwich, toasted | 43,000 | 100 | 4,300,000 |
Butter | 260,000 | 5 | 1,300,000 |
Beef, Frankfurter, boiled, 7 min | 75,000 | 90 | 6,800,000 |
Beef, Frankfurter, broiled, 5 min | 110,000 | 90 | 9,900,000 |
Beef, Hamburger, fast food | 54,000 | 90 | 4,900,000 |
Beef, Hamburger, fried, 6 min | 26,000 | 90 | 2,300,000 |
Edited by niner, 18 February 2009 - 05:47 AM.
Posted 19 February 2009 - 06:28 AM
i almost always eat oats uncooked... i blend them up in protein shakes usually.
Posted 20 February 2009 - 02:55 AM
Posted 20 February 2009 - 07:05 PM
Edited by nameless, 20 February 2009 - 07:06 PM.
Posted 20 February 2009 - 07:11 PM
I usually use ground rolled oats as oat flour, and it works very well - at least for things like pancakes. I have no idea about bread and stuff like that, though.Is there any difference between rolled oats (ground up) and oat flour? I ran out of oat flour once, and simply used ground up oats instead, and it worked fine. But that was for something I baked, not raw.
Posted 20 February 2009 - 09:00 PM
Is there any difference between rolled oats (ground up) and oat flour? I ran out of oat flour once, and simply used ground up oats instead, and it worked fine. But that was for something I baked, not raw.
But would it be safe to simply use oat flour in a shake, instead of blending raw oats? Oat flour mixes with liquids pretty well... you can't get much more powdery than flour already is.
Posted 21 February 2009 - 06:18 PM
What exactly is done to oats to make them instant? I figure it must involve heat, and maybe high pressure. I like oatmeal, but would also like to avoid heat-treated food if I can help it. Steel cut oats are out for reasons of time, unless maybe there's a way to soak them overnight or something to avoid long cooking times. Anyone have a way to do raw-style oatmeal that tastes good and is at least reasonably fast in the morning?It hasn't affected me negatively. I've been eating uncooked instant organic oats, soaked overnight, for the past few months. I think it's fine without soaking as long as you're well-hydrated. I also drink an instantized oat powder and have done so for over a year with no ill effects.
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