7 reasons why to eat more oats

One of the first associations for proper nutrition is oatmeal flakes.

Most of them eat because they are a better choice than Musli cereals which are full of sugar and additives but oat flakes are nutritionally very rich foods and now we will find out what are they hiding!

1. Vitamin B1 (thiamine)

The daily needs for an adult man are 1.2mg while in women 1.1mg. 100g of oatmeal contains 0.760mg which is 70% daily needs!

2. Fiber

Good old fibers, daily needs for an adult male 38g, and a woman 25g. 100g of oatmeal contains 10.6g fibers.

3. Iron

Many suffer from iron deficiency, and daily needs for an adult male 8mg, and a woman 18mg. 100g of oatmeal brings us 4.7mg of iron.

4. Copper

Helps to absorb iron, his old friend. Daily needs are 900mcg, and oats in a 100g volume contain 626mcg.

5. Zinc

Important for the immune system among other things, daily needs for adult men 11mg, and woman 8mg. 100g of oatmeal will bring 3.97mg.

6. Price

500 grams of oats on average cost less than 0.8 euro in Croatia.

7. Recipes

There are a huge number of recipes that you can use with oatmeal flakes, and are most commonly used in smoothie preparations, bowls, and for making a variety of nutritionally rich cakes.

You can check out the complete nutritional profile of oats here.

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