okay, so when i see in the diet section that you should eat 1 cup oats or 1.5 cups of oats is that BEFORE it is cooked??? i mean it swells up to over three times it size.. so when i go to make a cup of oats.. which is roughly 156grams uncooked it swells up to damn near 4 cups in size.. that is A LOT of oats.. i mean it equates to 600cals 103g of carbs and 26g of protein.. so when you say a cup of oats do you mean a cup of prepared oats??? just trying to figure this oat.. as i can eat 2 cups of cooked brown rice and get nearly the same thing that 4 cups of cooked oats take.. and oats are harder to swallow in my opinion.. just trying to figure this out. thanks.

sources of info:
Rice:
http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/...d-pasta/5707/2
Oats:
http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/...d-pasta/5708/2