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Oatmeal is very dense. Calorie for Calorie Quinoa has more protein and dietary fiber than oatmeal. 100 calories of Quinoa http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i
by etler 13y ago
Oatmeal is very dense. Calorie for Calorie Quinoa has more protein and dietary fiber than oatmeal.
100 calories of Quinoa
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=83+g+quinoa http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=83+g+quinoa
100 calories of Oatmeal
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=26+g+oatmeal http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=26+g+oatmeal
However if you look at the vitamins, oatmeal wins.
I also wouldn't call Quinoa a super food, but it does fill a gap left by other grains and is definitely a worthy addition to a healthy balanced diet.
- Scaevolus 13y agoSide-by-side comparison: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=26+g+oatmeal+vs+83g+quinoa http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=26+g+oatmeal+vs+83g+qui... The vitamins is probably missing data-- Vitamin C is biochemically critical, so a plant would have some amount of it.
- bane 13y agoI checked, all the sources I found for it list 0.00mg of Vit C for any amount of Quinoa and .50mcg of Vitamin A per 100g.
- monkeyspaw 13y agoMaybe I'm going cross eyed from a long day, but looking at that result... how can Quaker oatmeal have 2g of protein and be 5% USRDA, while quinoa has 4g of protein yet 7% USRDA? Shouldn't that be 10% USRDA for quinoa?
- scythe 13y agoRounding. The RDA is 50 grams. So oatmeal's 2g is closer to 2.5g and quinoa's 4g is closer to 3.5g. At least that'd be my guess.
- ihaveajob 13y agoProbably rounding issues, maybe intentional. Food vendors are known to fudge numbers in the low digits, legally, which result in problems like this when you extrapolate.
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- al1x 13y agoThe source you really want to use for nutrition information is the USDA National Nutrient Database. See http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/6359?fg=&man=&lfacet=&format=&count=&max=25&offset=&sort=&qlookup=quinoa http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/6359?fg=&man=&lfacet=... and http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/1866 http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/1866
- Egregore 13y agoThese graphs are based on usda data: http://food.vegtalk.org/nutrients/cereals/protein.html http://food.vegtalk.org/nutrients/cereals/protein.html It shows that some products, like wheat durum are richer in proteins but with the almost the same amount of calories.
- monkeyspaw 13y ago100 calories of oatmeal is 26g. 100g of quinoa is 83g. Research [0] shows that portion size is important in controlling obesity. [0] http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/76/6/1207.full http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/76/6/1207.full (note - this was just a quick google, I'm no expert in this area)
- dalys 13y agoUnfortunately WolframAlpha is a little off on this one. It shows data for cooked quinoa which is very misguiding. The "correct" macronutrient values with some comparisons: Quinoa: 368kcal / Protein 14g / Fat 6g / Carbs 64g Oats: 379/13/6/67 Regular pasta: 360/12/1/72 Couscous: 361/13/1/72 "Quinoa is a low-calorie, gluten-free, high-protein grain that tastes great." says the author. It's low-calorie compared to butter maybe, and high-protein compared with a cucumber. But compared with the usual suspect of dinner alternatives like pasta or couscous it's just the same. Just by looking at the macros, there's no need to buy quinoa, especially if it's more expensive than other options. This is of course disregarding that it's gluten free and not looking at the micronutrients.
- nitrogen 13y agoQuinoa is low calorie in the sense that it has fewer calories per gram of total mass (see several siblings to your comment).