Skinny Facts

Rise and Shine! With it being Summer in January here in Los Angeles, a warm bowl of oatmeal is seeming less and less pleasing. Sooo… I thought I would mix it up! Enter a bowl full of granola! I have heard of all the benefits of granola - hearty, whole-grain, full of fiber - so why not?

Being a City Girl I know that combining “skinny” and “healthy” are not always one-in-the-same. But I have learned not to skip breakfast. So perhaps knowing the nutritional value of each will help you and yours truly decide which one to turn to more often, especially for the duration of the seemingly crazy warm Winter season.

Ready to see the comparison?

	One Packet Original Quaker Instant Oatmeal	One Cup Lowfat Granola With 6-ounces Nonfat Yogurt	One Cup Lowfat Granola With One Cup Skim Milk
Calories	100	290	301
Total Fat (g)	2	3	3.4
Carbs (g)	19	61	58
Fiber (g)	3	3	3
Sugar (g)	0	29	18
Protein (g)	4	9	12.8

WOW! You certainly expect to see a difference but are you surprised to see how unforgiving it is? While the fiber and fat content remain relatively the same between the three options, the calories, carbs, sugar, and protein stats are all incredibly different. In almost all of those categories, the OATMEAL is the “skinnier”. Protein is the only section where the granola is the front-runner – and we get this in lunch and dinner most likely). The oatmeal offers a third of the calories, zero sugar (the joys of adding splenda), and equal amounts of fiber.

What are your morning choices? I’m sticking with oatmeal!