Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site Glacier.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!decwrl!Glacier!reid From: reid@Glacier.ARPA (Brian Reid) Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: Re: oatmeal & nutrition Message-ID: <9107@Glacier.ARPA> Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 01:35:47 EDT Article-I.D.: Glacier.9107 Posted: Fri Jun 28 01:35:47 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 1-Jul-85 06:29:55 EDT References: <946@hou2h.UUCP> Reply-To: reid@Glacier.UUCP (Brian Reid) Organization: Stanford University, Computer Systems Lab Lines: 12 My trusty USDA handbook says that 200 grams of cooked oatmeal (roughly one serving) has 110 Calories, 4 grams of protein, 2 grams of fat (80% unsaturated fat and 20% saturated fat), 0.6 milligrams of iron, 61 milligrams of potassium, and trace amounts of various vitamins. Not in the "Kellogg's Concentrate" nutrition category, but quite respectable and completely yummy. Note that the biggest nutritional hazard of oatmeal is the salt that recipes usually recommend that it be cooked with. -- Brian Reid decwrl!glacier!reid Stanford reid@SU-Glacier.ARPA