Let’s discover why and how! The main difference between rolled oats, steel-cut oats, and quick oats is how they’re manufactured. All types begin as whole oats (groats), from which the outer ...

Whatever name you prefer, the oat groats have been cut into two to three pieces with a steel blade; they haven’t been steamed and rolled into thinner flakes like quick-cooking oats. With an ...

Use old-fashioned or rolled oats and not steel-cut oats. Don’t use quick oats, which are thinner pieces that absorb water more quickly — those could become too mushy if they soak overnight.

“Nutritionally speaking, steel-cut, rolled oats and quick are pretty similar,” says dietitian Rebecca Jaspan. That said, “quick oats have a higher glycemic index, so steel-cut and rolled ...

If blood sugar is something you want to target specifically, you may want to opt for groats (whole oat kernels that only have the inedible hulls removed) or steel-cut oats (oat groats cut into ...