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Find out how cereals make you fat!

When you or your children wake up, ready to go to work or school, what do you eat for breakfast? Have you ever thought about whether the breakfast you are having is healthy or unhealthy, or just eat Honey Nut Clusters for breakfast? Did you know that it contains 17 grams of sugar per cup? During the whole week you are consuming 7 cups of sugar. Do you think it’s healthy?

Do you know that your cereal may be making you fat? Since cereal products were introduced in 1867, they have become popular as the standard breakfast for most people. We love our cereal!

The downside is that cereals are not as nutritious as before. One of the main substitutes for cereals today is the amount of sugar/artificial flavors they put into the products. Most cereals on the market have excessive sugar content and also contain hydrogenated oil.

No amount of hydrogenated oil (trans fats) is healthy or acceptable to consume and we certainly need to eliminate them. According to research, a person should not consume more than 2 grams of trans fat per day.

Many cereals are loaded with tons of sugar with little to no protein, 1-3 grams of fiber, and fat derived from hydrogenated oils. Basically, cereals don’t have enough healthy fiber, good fats, or protein, and they contain too much sugar, bad fats, and refined carbohydrates.

Extra sugar can quickly be stored as fat right in the belly or thighs, and sugar is also very harmful to the liver, skin, joints and causes inflammation and many other complications in the body.

Breakfast should be the healthiest thing you should have because you are going to start a new day. You need energy that lasts all day. It’s better for your health (and your weight) to eat breakfast than to skip it.

And you should eat a healthy breakfast that is rich in fiber and nutrients, rather than one filled with refined grains, sugar, salt, and/or saturated fat.

Here are some of the tips that can help you decide what to have for breakfast.

* Always try to add fruits such as strawberries, bananas, other fruits at breakfast.

* Try to eat cereals that are “high” in fiber like weet-bix.

* Prepare a fresh fruit salad or a mixed fruit smoothie. It works every time. Perfect

You should NEVER EVER eat this for breakfast:

* Too sugary or full of carbohydrates. Pancakes, waffles, toast, donuts, cakes, scones, bagels, pastries, sugar cereal, breakfast bars, muffins (which, let’s face it, are usually just cakes). This starts your day with a high blood sugar, which your body will quickly adjust to and lower, and you’ll be on a blood sugar roller coaster all day.

* Too greasy. Fried eggs, sausage, bacon, cream cheese on your buns, omelettes with cheese, Egg McMuffins, Sausage McMuffins, hash browns, anything English or Scottish.

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