does anyone else get this problem with oats? Half an hour or so after eating oats i get really really tired and feel like i need to take a nap.

i've tried a few different kinds of oats, like rolled oats, organic oats but they all give me the same results.

does anyone else get this with oats?

its kind of a bummer, because i love having porridge in the morning, or adding them to a shake.

Just oats? What about bread, pasta, potatoes & rice?

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rice i usually only eat basmati or brown and i tend to be fine with it. white bread like french sticks sometimes leaves me feeling a bit sleepy, i've not noticed it with potatos or pasta

I can really feel it when i have oats in a shake,

I notice it most if i have a shake at mid day with like , whey, oats banana, peanut butter, natural low fat yogurt all blended together. I'd be wide awake before i have it, then half an hour later i want to go and take a nap.

u are carb intolerant which means that ur body can't handle carbs and stores them as fat so limit ur carb intake

what carbs are best if your carb intolernet?

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u are carb intolerant which means that ur body can't handle carbs and stores them as fat so limit ur carb intake

what is the link between sleepiness from carbs and the storing of fat?

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ORIGINAL: dyskee

u are carb intolerant which means that ur body can't handle carbs and stores them as fat so limit ur carb intake

I think you have a point, i seem to put on fat really easliy especially if i've cut back on doing any sort of cardo.

is there ways round this? what sort of carbs should i be eating?

Mate you dont know you intolerant so forget that for now,if it a big bowl of carbs with not alot else then you might get a bit sleepy,I do,if its less oats and some protein too,it eases up.Carbs intolerences are thrown around 4 everything when sometimes the culprit is just the size of the meal.Experiment with less or at different times.

Surprised white french stick doesnt do the same,you are not having a tanker full of oats are you?

&BTW mate you answer your own question almost below

ORIGINAL: Backdrifts

I think you have a point, i seem to put on fat really easliy especially if i've cut back on doing any sort of cardo.

is there ways round this? what sort of carbs should i be eating?

For complex bulking carbs mate,I'd use.

Basmati or brown rice ideally as you say.[I use my uncle ben cause I'm lazy].
Brown wholemeal /granary /burgen soya linseed is my fav but quite carb light.
Wholewheat pasta or maybe egg pasta
Quinoa [type of grain]
Baby spuds
Oats
weetabix
shredded wheat.

Of course your whole diet might need a update if you are not gaining enough muscle vs fat.

ORIGINAL: TrentReznik

Mate you dont know you intolerant so forget that for now,if it a big bowl of carbs with not alot else then you might get a bit sleepy,I do,if its less oats and some protein too,it eases up.Carbs intolerences are thrown around 4 everything when sometimes the culprit is just the size of the meal.Experiment with less or at different times.

Surprised white french stick doesnt do the same,you are not having a tanker full of oats are you?

I don't think its down to over eating, this morning for example i had 7 wheat a bix and 2 apples and a protien shake with milk and i was fine. its definatly oats that do it, And i dont even need to have that much of then. If you take your avarage shaker cup i only usually fill it with about 1/8th of oats. thats not that many.

I think if i ate 7 weetabix id be sleepy can only stomach 3,what do you weigh?

i only ate 7 for an experiment to see if it was definatly oats that make me sleepy!

I weigh about 14 and a half stone. 6ft round about 17% b/f at a guess

large meals general can make you sleepy as your body works hard on digesting the food

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That's the point though, the moring shake is not really a large meal, its only a small handful of oats, some whey, a banana and some skimmed milk. Some times i might put some peanut butter in it or some cottage cheese or nautral yogurt, but at the end of the day its only a shaker cup full. i can sit down and eat a steak, some veg and some rice and i'm fine. or maybe a little sleepy.

Oats totally knock me out though.

ORIGINAL: Backdrifts

does anyone else get this problem with oats? Half an hour or so after eating oats i get really really tired and feel like i need to take a nap.

i've tried a few different kinds of oats, like rolled oats, organic oats but they all give me the same results.

does anyone else get this with oats?

its kind of a bummer, because i love having porridge in the morning, or adding them to a shake.

I know what u mean... I am having 150g in the morning... I could go straight back to bed after consuming

have a nice cup of coffee too

ORIGINAL: dyskee
u are carb intolerant which means that ur body can't handle carbs and stores them as fat so limit ur carb intake

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