1, different types: oat is a kind of miscellaneous grains, a kind of grain, which belongs to the same level as wheat and corn, and oat grains can be processed into oatmeal; Oatmeal is a kind of food made of wheat, which is made of ordinary wheat and some things.

2, different ways to eat: oatmeal can be processed into oatmeal, oatmeal, oatmeal cookies, oatmeal, oatmeal cake. Among them, oatmeal can be made into cakes and cakes. Oatmeal can be boiled or soaked.

3. Different values: Oats are rich in nutrients needed by human body and have high nutritional value, medical care, feeding value and health care function; However, oatmeal is far less valuable than oats because it is processed.

Oat is a millet belonging to the Gramineae family, which belongs to the superior coarse cereals. In Compendium of Materia Medica, it is called Bromus and Wild Wheat. Oats are mainly divided into two kinds, one is naked oats and the other is naked oats. Naked oats, also known as oilseeds and naked oats, have no shells when cooked, and hulled oats have shells when cooked. Naked oats are mainly produced in China.

China is one of the origins of oats. Wuchuan County, Inner Mongolia is one of the cradles of oats in the world, and is known as the "hometown of oats" in China. Most provinces and regions in China have production, but the concentrated production areas are the north and south of Yinshan Mountain in Inner Mongolia, Yanshan Mountain in Yinshan Mountain in Hebei, Xishan Mountain in Shuozhou, Taihang Mountain in Shanxi and Luliang Mountain, as well as high-altitude areas such as Liupanshan Mountain, Helan Mountain, Qilian Mountain and Daliangshan Mountain in China.