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Take a fresh look at oatmeal — what you learn may surprise you

Oatmeal has a host of vitamins and minerals. And a one-cup serving of cooked oatmeal has just 166 calories and nearly 4 grams of dietary fiber. (stock.adobe.com)

Let’s admit it: Oatmeal is a total nerd. It lacks fashion sense — the color they named after it is somewhere on the drab side of beige. It’s often seen with “Sesame Street’s” Bert, who also loves bottle caps, paper clips and pigeons.

But when it comes to healthy eating, oatmeal and the oats it comes from can definitely hang with the cool kids at the breakfast table.

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