While it's the same "oat", and you get the same basic nutrients, steel cut oats are less processed. You preserve a bit more fiber and the overall product is a bit more fibrous and filling. It is similar to the difference between "hay cubes" and just plain hay for horses. Even if you cube up the same exact hay you'd feed in a round bale to the horses, they will process the hay cubes a bit differently, simply because they are already more processed.
That's not to say that the difference is that big a deal. Unless you have a low fiber intake, digestive problems, or a desire to feel more full for longer, there is no substantial health benefit of steel-cut oats over oat meal. But as far as fiber is concerned, they do have a bit more unprocessed fiber. Again, not a big nutritive difference (if you looked at the nutrition label), but your system will treat steel cut oats as if they had more fiber. Do you get what I mean? I have a feeling I'm not expressing it very well.
That's not to say that the difference is that big a deal. Unless you have a low fiber intake, digestive problems, or a desire to feel more full for longer, there is no substantial health benefit of steel-cut oats over oat meal. But as far as fiber is concerned, they do have a bit more unprocessed fiber. Again, not a big nutritive difference (if you looked at the nutrition label), but your system will treat steel cut oats as if they had more fiber. Do you get what I mean? I have a feeling I'm not expressing it very well.
Yeah, that is a valid point, they do have a little bit more fiber than oatmeal, are a bit more filling because they will take longer to break down, and not to mention they have a very different flavor profile. I just think that all the claims are way blown out of proportion about them, and that for a product that costs twice as much you're better off eating the oatmeal. The claims like to make it sound like the difference is as significant as that between eating a whole grain bread and wonderbread, when that's not even close to the case. If one prefers the taste of steel cut oats, then awesome, get them, they are definitely good for you, but if you're just going for the health benefits, oatmeal is a much better cost to benefit ratio.
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- 04/03/2010 01:43:43 AM
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A bigger study would be more convincing....
- 04/03/2010 01:49:42 AM
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Re: A bigger study would be more convincing....
- 04/03/2010 04:43:41 AM
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Re: A bigger study would be more convincing....
- 04/03/2010 07:35:12 AM
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actually, there IS a benefit to steel cut oats.
- 04/03/2010 03:19:57 PM
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I get you 
- 04/03/2010 04:03:27 PM
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- 04/03/2010 04:03:27 PM
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Actually, you can buy less processed oatmeal for cheaper.
- 04/03/2010 04:12:47 PM
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All I do is buy a can of Quaker Oats Oats and add them to boiling water.
- 05/03/2010 12:54:14 AM
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Lol. No problem with ranting, I think we're pretty much on the same page.
- 05/03/2010 12:49:32 AM
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Yeah weight training is important
- 05/03/2010 01:22:09 AM
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