Anything that is a white carbohydrate, including oats, all converts to sugar in the body and, to the body, sugar is poison! They might be dressed up in fancy packaging, and often carry labels with misleading health benefits, but we need to realise our body was never designed to consume them.Whether they are simple or complex, all CARBS are still eventually turned into sugar by our body. The complex ones just take a little longer. Every time we eat any CARBS, complex or not, we are eating sugar. Too much sugar makes us fat, and will eventually lead to a whole host of problems, illnesses and diseases.


Oat Porridge

Serving Size grams 150
Teaspoons of table sugar equivalent 4.4
Energy (kcal) 98
Energy (kJ) 413
Water (g) 75.4
Starch (g) 7.8
Total sugars (g) 7.8
Glucose (g) 0
Fructose (g) 0
Sucrose (g) 4.1
Maltose (g) 0
Lactose (g) 3.7
Protein (g) 4.4
Protein (g)/100kcal 4.5
Protein % of calories 18
Carbohydrate (g) 15.6
Carbohydrate (g)/100kcal 15.9
Carb % of calories 63.7
Fat (g) 2.4
Fat (g)/100kcal 2.4
Fat % of calories 22
Satd FA /100g fd (g) 1.1
Omega 3 /100g 0
Omega 6 /100g 0.4
Mono FA /100g food (g) 0.7
Poly FA /100g food (g) 0.4
Trans FAs /100g food (g) 0.1
Sodium (mg) 71
Potassium (mg) 298
Calcium (mg) 61
Magnesium (mg) 39
Phosphorus (mg) 148
Iron (mg) 2
Copper (mg) 0.1
Zinc (mg) 0.8
Chloride (mg) N
Manganese (mg) 0.8
Selenium (µg) 4
Iodine (µg) N
Vitamin D (µg) 0
Vitamin E (mg) 2.3
Vitamin K1 (µg) 11.1
Thiamin (mg) 0.3
Riboflavin (mg) 0.3
Niacin (mg) 1.6
Tryptophan/60 (mg) 1.2
Niacin equivalent (mg) 2.3
Vitamin B6 (mg) 0.1
Vitamin B12 (µg) 0.3
Folate (µg) 57
Pantothenate (mg) 0.2
Biotin (µg) N
Vitamin C (mg) 1
Alcohol (g) 0
NSP (g) Non-starch polysaccharide 0.7
AOAC fibre (g) 1
Cholesterol (mg) 2.6
Retinol (µg) 0
Carotene (µg) 2076
Retinol Equivalent (µg) 346

Porridge

Serving Size grams 250
Teaspoons of table sugar equivalent 4.7
Glycemic Index 58
Glycemic Load 12.8
Potential GI Range 58±4
Energy (kJ) 1614
Water (g) 9.4
Starch (g) 70.4
Total sugars (g) 0.3
Glucose (g) 0
Fructose (g) 0
Sucrose (g) 0.3
Maltose (g) 0
Lactose (g) 0
Protein (g) 10.9
Carbohydrate (g) 70.7
Fat (g) 8.1
Satd FA /100g fd (g) 1.3
Omega 3 /100g 0.1
Omega 6 /100g 3.1
Mono FA /100g food (g) 3.1
Poly FA /100g food (g) 3.2
Trans FAs /100g food (g) 0
Sodium (mg) 63
Potassium (mg) 350
Calcium (mg) 5
Magnesium (mg) 22
Phosphorus (mg) 200
Iron (mg) 2.7
Copper (mg) 0
Zinc (mg) 4.1
Chloride (mg) 51
Manganese (mg) 0
Selenium (µg) 7
Iodine (µg) 10
Vitamin D (µg) 0.5
Vitamin E (mg) 0.1
Thiamin (mg) 0.1
Riboflavin (mg) 0.2
Niacin (mg) 5
Tryptophan/60 (mg) 4.7
Niacin equivalent (mg) 9.7
Vitamin B6 (mg) 0.5
Vitamin B12 (µg) 2
Folate (µg) 19
Pantothenate (mg) 0.8
Biotin (µg) 1
Vitamin C (mg) 0
NSP (g) Non-starch polysaccharide 7.2
AOAC fibre (g) 7.8
Cholesterol (mg) 0.3
Retinol (µg) 0
Carotene (µg) 0
Retinol Equivalent (µg) 0