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Nutrition content of Barley, Flax, Dry Corn, and Brown and White Rice


 Nutritional Values for 100 Grams of food.  Scroll right to see RDA for a
                                            174 lb man or a 138 lb woman.

                                                  Corn     Rice      Rice    Male   Female   
                               Barley   Flax      Dry      Brown     White    RDA    RDA
    Nutrient            Unit   -------  ------   -------   -------   -------  ----   ------
Food energy            KCal:  354.000  450.000  357.000   370.000   365.000  2900    2200
Protein                 Gms:   12.480   26.000    7.460     7.940     7.130    63      50
Total lipid (fat)       Gms:    2.300   35.000    2.080     2.920     0.660   100      78
Carbohydrate, by diff.  Gms:   73.480   32.500   79.260    77.240    79.950   470     366
Total saturated fat     Gms:    0.482    1.400    0.290     0.584     0.180    33      25
Ttl monounsaturated fat Gms:    0.295    8.500    0.543     1.056     0.206
Ttl polyunsaturated fat Gms:    1.108   25.600    0.924     1.044     0.177
Cholesterol             Mg :    0.000    0.000    0.000     0.000     0.000   300     300
Sodium                  Mg :   12.000     .046    3.000     7.000     5.000   388     388
Total dietary fiber     Gms:   17.300   14.000   11.000     3.500     1.300    25      25
Mucilage                Gms:            12.000
Vitamin A               Re :    2.000    1.000   17.000     0.000     0.000  1000     800
Vitamin A               IU :   22.000   10.000  170.000     0.000     0.000
Alpha tocopherol        Mg :    0.570    1.350              0.680     0.110    10     8.2
Ascorbic acid           Mg :    0.000     1.3     0.000     0.000     0.000    60      60
Thiamin                 Mg :    0.646     0.1     0.231     0.401     0.576   1.2     1.1
Riboflavin              Mg :    0.285     0.1     0.087     0.093     0.049   1.7     1.3
Niacin                  Mg :    4.604     6.0     2.430     5.091     4.192    20      15
Vitamin B6              Mg :    0.318     8.0     0.206     0.509     0.164     2     1.6

    Nutrient                   Barley    Flax      Corn     Brown     White   Male   Female

Folacin                 Mcg:   19.000  278.000   25.000    20.000     8.000   200     180
Vitamin B12             Mcg:    0.000    0.000    0.000     0.000     0.000     6       6
Potassium               Mg :  452.000  740.000  294.000   223.000   115.000  2000    2000
Calcium                 Mg :   33.000  210.000    4.000    23.000    28.000  1000    1000
Phosphorus              Mg :  264.000  700.000  253.000   333.000   115.000   800     800
Magnesium               Mg :  133.000   38.000  119.000   143.000    25.000   400     330
Iron                    Mg :    3.600     .770    0.930     1.470     4.310    10      18
Zinc                    Mg :    2.770     .570    1.790     2.020     1.090    15      12
Pantothenic acid        Mg :    0.282    6.000    0.484     1.493     1.014    10      10
Copper                  Mg :    0.498    trace    0.202     0.277     0.220     2       2
Manganese               Mg :    1.943    trace    0.483     3.743     1.088   3.5     3.5
Ash                     Gms:    2.290    3.400    1.200     1.530     0.640
Water                   Gms:    9.440    9.000   10.000    10.370    11.620
Food energy             KJ : 1481.000 2059.000  495.000  1548.000  1529.000
Lauric acid   (12:0)    Gms:    0.006    0.000    0.000     0.003
Myristic acid (14:0)    Gms:    0.011    0.000    0.000     0.011     0.004
Palmitic acid (16:0)    Gms:    0.411    1.802    0.247     0.498     0.161
Palmitoleic acid(16:1)  Gms:    0.006    1.800    0.001     0.010     0.002
Stearic acid  (18:0)    Gms:    0.017    1.400    0.033     0.052     0.012

     Nutrient                   Barley   Flax      Corn     Brown     White   Male   Female

Oleic acid      (18:1)  Gms:    0.241    6.700    0.541     1.046     0.203
Linoleic acid (18:2/n6) Gms:    0.999    4.900    0.896     1.000     0.146   3.0     2.5
Linolenic acid(18:3/n3) Gms:    0.110   20.700    0.028     0.044     0.031   2.0     1.6
Histidine               Gms:    0.281    0.25     0.228     0.202     0.168  0.95    0.76
Isoleucine              Gms:    0.456    0.40     0.267     0.336     0.308  1.10    0.63
Leucine                 Gms:    0.848    0.57     0.915     0.657     0.589  1.00    0.88
Lysine                  Gms:    0.465    0.35     0.210     0.303     0.258  0.84    0.76
Methionine              Gms:    0.240    0.21     0.156     0.179     0.168
Cystine                 Gms:    0.276    0.31     0.134     0.096     0.146
Methionine+Cystine      Gms:    0.516    0.52     0.290     0.275     0.314  1.00    0.82
Phenylalanine           Gms:    0.700    0.40     0.366     0.410     0.381
Tyrosine                Gms:    0.358    0.24     0.303     0.298     0.238
Phenylalanine+Tyrosine  Gms:    1.058    0.64     0.669     0.708     0.619  1.11     .88
Threonine               Gms:    0.424    0.42     0.280     0.291     0.255  0.55    0.88
Tryptophan              Gms:    0.208    0.20     0.053     0.101     0.083  0.50    0.40
Valine                  Gms:    0.612    0.48     0.378     0.466     0.435  0.85    0.63
Arginine                Gms:    0.625    0.91     0.372     0.602     0.594
Alanine                 Gms:    0.486    0.35     0.558     0.463     0.413
Aspartic acid           Gms:    0.779     9.0     0.519     0.743     0.670
Glutamic acid           Gms:    3.261    1.90     1.400     1.618     1.389
Glycine                 Gms:    0.452    0.50     0.306     0.391     0.325
Proline                 Gms:    1.484    0.40     0.651     0.372     0.335
Serine                  Gms:    0.527    0.29     0.354     0.411     0.375


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