oatmeal vs grits

[ryuage]

basically just want to know if grits is good as oatmeal nutritionally... is it complex and low gi?

[LAM]

oatmeal is way better and not just because it has a lower GI. grits are derived from corn which has very little nutritional value, especailly for a bodybuilder...

[Tryska]

i'd go with the oats. corn is def not a bodybuilders friend. well perhaps if he's bulking.

[zwarrior99]

yup oats all the way.

[lardboy]

Just curious: What's wrong with corn?

[LAM]

the majority of the carbs are high GI sugars and corn is not readily digested by humans...the majority of it passes through the digetive system undigested...so there isn't much of a point eating it

[ryuage]

sorry bout that im new to the south and thought grits was just another form of oats or something haha

[David]

damn, i thought that grits were the same thing as oatmeal, when i was in bootcamp they had grits, and i ate it thinking it was just like oatmeal, LOL, had no idea it was from corn, hell, half the stuff i was eating there i didnt know where it came from. got veal?

[IceRgrrl]

Plus oatmeal just plain tastes better ;)

[tudmuf2b]

don't you have to add something into grits just to make them edible? maybe that's why those restaurants down South add butter or fried catfish into them.