Oats?

Email Question:

hey i have been doing some research on about oatmeal/steel cut oats/oat bran. it seems that limited use of these or one of them could aid in training. i was wondering if all of one would be ok to eat, i have been a 'paleoist' for about two years and know the wonders it does to my body inside and out, however sometimes i feel a bit sluggish. i train hard, and a day or two out of the week i have that feeling of 'nothing left in the tank'. i was wondering your take on these. is oat bran gluten free?

hope all is well.

Answer:

Oats are NO GO, but we're not 100% pure Paleo and there are some great bennies to Oats for heavy weight lifting like we do. Here is a link for a pretty good list of "Paleo" foods.

http://tinyurl.com/yasyfsj

The oats are a grain on the no-go list, but it depends on how you react to it. You have to tinker a bit with things, not everyone is the same.  Try to establish a baseline diet then add in the oats to see how it treats you.  If you react poorly, take it out, try something else.  There are other options out there for that feeling of being spent thought. 


Those days that you feel like the tank is empty is because it is. You are low on glycogen and the best way to put that back into the muscle without it going to the liver which will convert it to triglycerides is sweet potatos or yams. If you can stomach those, they are your best options after workouts that are intense to get that glycogen back into the muscle tissue.