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    How many calories are you adding to your oatmeal?

    Brown sugar-
    One tablespoon of brown sugar will add 50 calories and 12 grams of sugar to your oatmeal. Reading this made me rethink adding in sugar as the oatmeal cooked and then adding more once it ... more 
    Brown sugar-
    One tablespoon of brown sugar will add 50 calories and 12 grams of sugar to your oatmeal. Reading this made me rethink adding in sugar as the oatmeal cooked and then adding more once it was spooned into my bowl. less 
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    Thu, Oct 6, 2011 2:52 PM EDT
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    It's easy to love oatmeal. Mixing up your own steel cut oats makes for an inexpensive, hearty meal with numerous health benefits. Oatmeal has been shown to lower LDL (or bad) cholesterol, and is now believed to reduce the risk of heart disease and combat type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure.



    It's also easy, however, to load up oatmeal with fruit, nuts, milk, and sweeteners. While your toppings might be healthy, they are probably adding more calories than you realize to your breakfast.



    Before you scoop, sprinkle, or heap on the good stuff, find out how many calories you will be stirring in. Here are the calorie counts for 8 favorite oatmeal toppings.






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