Eating, Diet, & Nutrition for Constipation. How can your diet help prevent and relieve constipation? You can drink water and other fluids, such as fruit and vegetable juices and clear soups, to help the fiber in your diet work better. This change should make your stools more normal and regular.
Since there is $\frac{1}{3}$ of a cup of oatmeal in a serving, this means that each of the four cups contains 3 servings. This particular solution method reveals how dividing a whole number by a unit fraction is the same as multiplying that whole number by the reciprocal of the unit fraction.
For example: 1.5 cups of dry oatmeal serves 3 people, using 3 cups of water. For steel cut oats, such as McCann's brand, the one serving is 1/4 cup of uncooked, steel cut oats. 1  That's 1/4 CUP of STEEL CUT OATMEAL for every cup of water.2  The oats cook much longer, and expand and soak up the water. 3  If you serve 3 people, use 3/4 cup of steel cut oats, and 3 cups of water.or example: 1.5 cups of dry oatmeal serves 3 people, using 3 cups of water. For steel cut oats, such as McCann's brand, the one serving is 1/4 cup of uncooked, steel cut oats. 1  That's 1/4 CUP of STEEL CUT OATMEAL for every cup of water. 2  The oats cook much longer, and expand and soak up the water.