Grits.....good or bad carb????

Bildo_21 · 05-26-2006, 08:26 AM

Alright i like oatmeal as much as the next guy, but in the mourning i am looking for something different. I was thinking about grits but i know they are relatively high on the Glycemic index. I know Big a$$ Ronnie eats them every mourning but I mean he s pro and well they're different. So would these be a good thing to use instead of oatmeal in the mourning while on a lean mass cycle?????

**Jayhawkk** · 05-26-2006, 10:59 AM

No, not as a complete swap because of the goodness that oatmeals provides. mmmmm oaty!

I dunno, I bought them with the same idea months ago and then I compared the two and there was no justification to swap the two unless on a cheat or off day. imho

idunk42 · 05-26-2006, 11:05 AM

Grits are made from ground hominy. Here's the info on it:

Food Name and Manufaturer: Corn hominy (Zea mays)(Pima Indian, USA) USA

GI (vs Glucose): 40 +/- 5

Serve Size: 150

Carb per Serve (g): 12.9

Glycemic Load: 5.2

Time Period of Test: 2h

Subjects Used in Test: Normal

Reference: Brand JC, Snow BJ, Nabhan GP, Truswell AS. Plasma glucose and insulin responses to traditional Pima Indian meals. Am J Clin Nutr 1990; 51: 416-20.

**Jayhawkk** · 05-26-2006, 11:08 AM

I was comparing to your average local store obtainable rolled oats vs grits. Don't come in here and make me look bad! I have enough help by myself

idunk42 · 05-26-2006, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Jayhawkk

I was comparing to your average local store obtainable rolled oats vs grits. Don't come in here and make me look bad! I have enough help by myself

Gotcha. Here's the info on raw rolled oats:

Food Name and Manufaturer: Raw rolled oats, uncooked: Lowan's Whole Foods, Box Hill, Vic, Australia Australia

GI (vs Glucose): 59 +/- 4

Serve Size: 95

Carb per Serve (g): 58.7

Glycemic Load: 34.4

Time Period of Test: 2 hours

Subjects Used in Test: Normal

Reference: SUGiRS 2003

So apparently grits actually have lower GI

Bildo_21 · 05-26-2006, 11:15 AM

No $****, maybe thats why ronnies so big,hahaha. Yea my grits main ingredient is white ground hominy. I shall do it for a week or 2 and see what i get , i'll do 2 servings in the mourning (58 carbs) and see what happens

**Jayhawkk** · 05-26-2006, 11:18 AM

Oats taste better with natty PB

Bring it on mother****er!

idunk42 · 05-26-2006, 11:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jayhawkk

Oats taste better with natty PB

Bring it on mother****er!

Oh yeah!

Sh1t! I hate when that happens.

Bildo_21 · 05-26-2006, 11:21 AM

LOL, man i love oatmeal too, but i think i have been eating it every mourning for about 1 1/2 years now i could use a little change.

**Jayhawkk** · 05-26-2006, 11:23 AM

Damn, you're not kidding. Variety is definately something you miss unless you do a lot of prep work. spices are about the only thing I change now

Bildo_21 · 05-26-2006, 11:25 AM

Yea its bull $hit whys eating healthy so ****ty, got ne good chicken and rice ones cause im running out????

**Jayhawkk** · 05-26-2006, 11:29 AM

Yeah, chicken, rice....spice. Seriously, I couldn't justify getting all this stuff for these elaborate meals when i'm the only one in my house that eats this stuff. Too many things would go bad before I would get to use them up and it would piss off the wife. Hell she still yells at me for throwing the yolks away. So i told her to get her ass in the kitchen and start baking some pies with it

She then began, what I like to call, a beatdown grande.

Scottyo · 05-28-2006, 09:55 AM

why even eat rice? its boring as hell, and a vastly inferior carb to a whole list of other carb sources. Sweet potatoes, oats, rye flakes, barley, lentils, fruit/veggies, quinoia, etc.

The only time ill even cook rice anymore is in a big ass pot of black beans simply because the 2 are easy to cook and last for a week (and cheap as hell).

FitnFirm · 05-28-2006, 09:55 PM

Grits, YUCK!!!!!! I tried them once, Ohhhhh I dont know how people eat those!

Viperspit · 05-28-2006, 10:19 PM

I don't think you could force me to eat those nasty lookin things

zdrc6 · 06-03-2006, 10:44 AM

Just me.. but i love my grits. My cheat meal usually is chedar cheese grits, shrimp , and some sweet tea yummy!

Bildo_21 · 06-03-2006, 10:57 AM

yea this last week i started putting some pinto beans in with my rice and making a mexican like dish. I figure it'll get me through another week ok chicken and rice then its time to go back to the drawing board. Well ive been on the grits not for a while and so far i cant really tell what kind of tole its tekeing on my physice. Abbs are blured but im bulking heavy for this week and finally @190, but its 2 weeks earlyer than i wanted. So next week im dropping my carbs and going back to the good ol' oats. I can always count on them for beeing the best breakfast carb ever.......