Oatmeal + Blueberries = One Happy Breakfast!

Some cool oatmeal health benefits is that it contains large amounts of fiber and complex carbs, making it a great way to get your 6 or more recommended daily servings of grains.  It also has a lot of protein and iron, to boot.  What it doesn’t have much of are sugars and fats. If you’re watching you’re weight and or fat intake, oatmeal is 100% cholesterol-free.

Another good thing about oatmeal is that its so ubiquitous — you can find it everywhere.  This means its easy to find organic oatmeal, or get your favorite kind, be it instant oatmeal or Irish Oats (my personal fav.).  If you’re making oatmeal from scratch, its an easy food to spice up, by simply adding some nuts or berries (try walnuts and blueberries — my favorite).

To recap this ode to oatmeal, see below some of the health benefits:

• Packed with nutrition
• Low in sugar
• Low in fat
• Easy to buy organic
• Easy to spice up
• Cheap
• Cholesterol-free
• Good source of calcium
• Good source of iron
• Good source of fiber (40% of your daily fiber requirement)
  
• Great with fruits (such as blueberries)
• Tasty!

Finally, one more great thing about oatmeal is the price.  Oatmeal tends to be a pretty cheap breakfast food.  And that’s something we can all appreciate right now.

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