Quinoa

[Babyfaced Assassin]

I've recently switched from oatmeal in the mornings to quinoa flakes.
Prepare them in the same way and it tastes pretty decent. The reason for doing this is i wanna try to get rid of gluten from my diet and i've read that quinoa is better than oats. Also it has a GI of 31 (this is for normal quinoa though)
anyone know the GI and Nutritional Info for Quinoa Flakes? Any difference?

Anyone else tried Quinoa here and what do u think of it?

 

[HANSEL]

I have not tried it, but I have heard of it.
You can see what the breakdown is here:
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi-bin/nut_search.pl

 

[SubjectiveIllusion]

I highly doubt quinoa flakes have the same G.I. as regular quinoa. Almost all refined products have a higher G.I. then the source they came from..

..unless they use crazy glue to hold them together, lol.

 

[Babyfaced Assassin]

lol
I have ditched quinoa flakes now for steel cut oats

 

[SubjectiveIllusion]

I have ditched quinoa flakes now for steel cut oats..

Good choice!!!

 

[Babyfaced Assassin]

I know

though they're like 3 times the price of regular quaker oats they taste oh so good. I have been told they are better than rolled oats too healthwise

 

[SubjectiveIllusion]

This may scare you Babyfaced Assassin, but I sometimes eat semolina (macaroni). Its cheap, easy to cook, and dense with low G.I. carbs.

 

[Babyfaced Assassin]

is semolina lower on the GI scale than steel cut oats? cool! My mother makes an indian semolina pudding on sundays and i sued to eat it as a kid but i dont anymore. Maybe i can cook it like oatmeal with splenda?

I also tried barley instead of oats at one point but they took too long to cook.

Oats so far seem to be working for me hehe

 

[SubjectiveIllusion]

I'm not sure if semolina has a lower G.I., its G.I. is 40. Also depends if you cook 'al-dante' or 'well-done.' I just mix cold macaroni with salad (raw: tomatoes, onions, carrots, kale, green/red peppers, beans etc..) , chicken (skin less/boneless breast of course ) and canola oil (cheap, cheap!!!) It requires no heating up and the G.I. will go even lower from the vegetables, oil, and chicken. About 3% cals from saturated fat (depends what ratio its prepared in), its one of my favorite meals...