Oatmeal/Brown Rice Question

[swordfish151]

When making oatsmeal or brown rice, we all know that if you scoop a cup (dry) oats and add water it makes more then one cup of oats alot more...so when your dieting and consuming a cup of oats is that a cup of dry or cooked? Im lost on this...i always make a cup but notice that it could almost be like eating 2 cups...is the nutritional value the same. Meaning that are we looking at the same cals in dry and cooked...how about rice? I can get 2 cups of brown rice out of a cup of dry rice..so am i looking that the cals in brown rice (even though i have 2 cups) the same as the one cup of dry i made initially?

 

[alex2678]

Same nutritional value as the dry oats and brown rice. The oats absorb the water and expand in size. LOL. A while back I remember someone in the house left a few flakes of life cerial in the wet sink. A few hours later each square was three times its size.

 

[*Bunny*]

When making oatsmeal or brown rice, we all know that if you scoop a cup (dry) oats and add water it makes more then one cup of oats alot more...so when your dieting and consuming a cup of oats is that a cup of dry or cooked? Im lost on this...i always make a cup but notice that it could almost be like eating 2 cups...is the nutritional value the same. Meaning that are we looking at the same cals in dry and cooked...how about rice? I can get 2 cups of brown rice out of a cup of dry rice..so am i looking that the cals in brown rice (even though i have 2 cups) the same as the one cup of dry i made initially?

Generally, the nutrional info for oats & rice will be based on dry measurements (uncooked), unless stated otherwise.

So to answer your question, if you measured out one cup of rice before cooking, then Yes, the rice after cooking is still the same measurement.

Is that what you asked?

 

[swordfish151]

Generally, the nutrional info for oats & rice will be based on dry measurements (uncooked), unless stated otherwise.

So to answer your question, if you measured out one cup of rice before cooking, then Yes, the rice after cooking is still the same measurement.

Is that what you asked?

Yes. Thanks.