two questions for you guys; (1) i’m a military man on the move and it’s kinda hard to eat like i need to, just curious if the “instant oatmeal”, all sugar aside, is a good sub for my regular oatmeal, and (2) i read in one of those porno/muscle mags that storming your body with anywhere from ten to twenty grams of creatine on let’s say leg day, would help to quickly build up and strengthen that body part, this was assuming that a normal creatine intake was maintained.
According to T-mag in the “foods that make you loog good nekid” article:
"Flavored Oatmeal — Go to your pantry right now and get out your oatmeal. If you took out a colorful box full of little kiddy packets of peaches ‘n cream oatmeal, do yourself a favor and kick that shit to the curb! As stated above, we think oatmeal is one the best carb sources for bodybuilders, but the flavored, prepackaged variety sucks.
Look at the ingredients, which are listed in order of quantity. Sugar is usually the second ingredient in these girly oatmeal packets. Then you have other crap like salt, hydrogenated vegetable oils, maltodextrin, and partially hydrogenated soybean oil.
To top it off, the oats used in flavored oatmeal are usually more finely ground than healthy, old fashioned oatmeal. This means the GI could be higher based on the extra processing. The list of ugly ingredients goes on and varies a little with flavoring, but the lesson is simple: don’t eat this stuff if you want to look good nekid."
You can cook old fashioned oatmeal in the microwave. You don’t need the instant kind. Just bag it up in sealable baggies and take it with you. Some people even add it uncooked to shakes but I never liked that. Not sure about the creatine question.