Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hmmmm.... let's go to the data bank: For an half cup of oats,* Quaker Old Fashioned Oats: 150 calories Quick Quaker Oats: 150 calories Steel Cut Oatmeal: 150 calories Rolled Oats: 150 calories Fast food in general tends to be fattening because of the large percentage of, well, fat (and sugar) in it but I've never heard that healthy food cooked more slowly releases sugars more slowly. I don't think it matters, anyway. Seems to violate the rule of conservation of energy. You know, a calorie is a calorie is a calorie. Maybe it preserves something else, maybe it retains more of it's original nutrients? You're right about chubbies being full of dieting information. What would you like to know? ;-) Regards, Dick *From http://caloriecount.about.com/ On Dec 17, 2009, at 6:01 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> There's something very Leica-ish in all this discussion of porridge. ;-) >> >> Quaker Quick Oats for me. Three minutes in the microwave, add raisins, >> milk >> and a bit of sugar and I'm set. More than that I cannot deal with so >> early in >> the morning! >> >> I gotta' try the jigger of Scotch in the oatmeal one of the cold mornings >> though. >> >> Regards, >> >> Dick >> >> > Dick I read somewhere the quicker your hot cereal gets cooked the quicker > it > gets turned into sugar in your body. > The quicker the oats the more fattening in effect. > > Slow oats you can burn off before they turn into sugar perhaps. > > The real heavy guys are always the ones with the diet tips. > > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information