I love pancakes, but I’m afraid they’re not very nutritious. If I’m serious about health and fitness, should I cut them out of my diet?
At Old Boys Brigade we don’t think so, because pancakes are a very good source of basic nutrients. If you make wheat pancakes, for example, using enriched flour, milk and eggs, each four-inch diameter pancake you make provides about 60 calories of energy, 2 grams of protein, 2 grams of fat, and 9 grams of carbohydrate.
In addition, each pancake would contain 27 milligrams of calcium, a small amount of iron, about 30 IU of Vitamin A, a trace of Vitamin C, and traces of thiamine and riboflavin.
Let’s contrast this with a half cup or one small glass of unsweetened orange juice: That’s 60 calories, plus one gram of protein, a trace of fat, 14 grams of carbohydrate, only 13 milligrams of calcium, a trace of iron, 250 IU of Vitamin A, 62 milligrams of Vitamin C and trace amounts of thiamine and riboflavin.
As you can see, the pancake fares pretty well.