04-28-2014, 02:25 AM
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Originally posted by Oneself
She was saying that something about the way the oats are REFINED. I think Quaker Oats uses bleach or chlorine or something like white bread has. Either way, there is something that happens when refined that takes most of the nutritional value out.
Oy, more vague and unsupported demonization to pollute the conversation! In fact regular oatmeal is an unrefined product. "Whole oats" means whole oats. Only the hulls are removed.
And besides being unrefined, it is minimally processed. "Steel-cut" is chopped up so it cooks quicker. The other kind is soaked in water and then flattened between heated rollers so it cooks quicker. That's it.