Breakfast
Special K Cereal: True Health Revealed
Special K cereal is probably one of the most popular cereals for adults. But, does that make it the healthiest? Probably not, considering the majority of people are overweight. If you choose Special K cereal for your breakfast or as...
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Muesli Fusion All-Natural Raw Cereal: Put to the Test
If you have ever been to Europe or Down Under, you know that muesli is standard breakfast fare there. However, muesli has never really caught on in the USA, which is a shame because it's usually really healthy and a...
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Good Food Made Simple: Healthy Frozen Food?
Our supermarket's frozen food section is filled with frozen foods that are marketed as "healthy" options, but they are usually filled with sodium and preservatives. Good Food Made Simple recently sent me some samples of their frozen food line. They...
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Why Eggs Are a Better Choice Than Bagels
When you "get cracking" in the morning with an egg breakfast, you are likely to stave off hunger, therefore reducing your calorie intake by as much as 18 percent. This, according to a study in the journal Nutrition Research....
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10 Breakfast Ideas (With Photos)
Here is a comparison of 4 breakfasts from fast food outlets, along with 6 home-made breakfasts. Each breakfast was actually prepared (or purchased) and photographed. Calorie counts are listed (full nutritional details also available). This is a 'real world' list....
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Kids Cereal: Popular = Unhealthy
Okay, so we probably didn't need a study to prove this one, but nonetheless a recent analysis of 161 brands of cereals came to 2 unsurprising conclusions: Breakfast cereals meant for children are of poorer nutritional quality than those marketed...
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Eggs: Healthy or Not?
Eggs are in the news again. Is it good news this time or bad news? Well--it's both. Yet again, eggs are confusing us all by being nutritious, but associated with certain health risks. According to recent studies, the news...
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6 Die-hard Myths About Skipping Breakfast
I'm tired of the 'breakfast buzz' - every breakfast article finds that eating first thing is essential. Fact is, much 'breakfast research' is done by groups that have a lot invested in the "Eat Breakfast like a King" theory....
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Top 10 Low Calorie Breakfast Cereals
Here are the Top 10 Lowest Calorie Breakfast Cereals:...
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Breakfast Cereal: Which One Do You Choose?
When it comes time for me to peruse the cereal isle, I often begin to tremble from so much sugar stimulus. All of the colorful boxes dance in the isles before me, taunting me with their sugary goodness....
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5 Simple Add-ons to Make Breakfast Better
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...
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Special K Diet: Cereal for Weight Loss?
Over the last few months there has been a lot of cereal promotion going on. Kelloggs' Special K brand have been promoting their very own Special K Diet Challenge (for a number of years now). Not to be outdone, Kraft...
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Fast Food Cereal Restaurants
Cereality is a cereal bar plus cafe. They serve brand-name cereals (hot and cold). You can add as much milk as you like (including soy and lactose-free). Cereality cafes are currently located in Arizona, Illinois, and Pennsylvania. I wonder if...
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