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Food review site Iateapie.net has compiled a list of the lowest calorie breakfast cereals.

Here they are:

Often one of the challenges of maintaining a healthy weight management program is finding good choices for breakfast. Some of my favorite alternatives to sweetened sugar cereals include whole grains such as quinoa, amaranth or good old-fashioned oatmeal.

Recently, Quaker gave oatmeal a makeover, so it could be classified as a weight-control food. Unfortunately, the new Weight Control Oatmeal ends up having artificial flavorings, chemicals and artificial sweeteners.

As an alternative, here are 5 simple ways to make oatmeal a little healthier.

Every time sciences finds a good correlation between food and health - a food manufacturer will try to isolate it and oversell it.

This is the case with oats. Oats are a great food - particularly for breakfast - but Quaker have taken it a bit too far calling their oats "The Cholesterol Hunter".

It's time for sensible thinking people everywhere to raise their hands and call it like it is. The new "genre" of weight-control foods can only be described as the height of silliness.

Our shopping aisles are filled with bright colorful boxes claiming to solve all of life's ills. But you know what?

The emperor has no clothes on.

In amongst all the junk food hype, oats are steadily becoming popular. BBC UK reports that sales of porridge and oatmeal have nearly doubled in the last 5 years. That is a huge increase. "The success of porridge is almost entirely due to its convenience and its healthy positioning," said Mintel's senior market analyst Julie Sloan. She said porridge's popularity would continue and it was challenging more adventurous breakfast cereals.