Breakfast Cereals

Breakfast Cereals

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The truth about cereals being a healthy breakfast item couldn’t be more wrong.
Cereals are usually rich in refined carbohydrates and sugar, two ingredients that are fattening for your body.
When you eat processed cereal as your first meal, your blood sugar levels and insulin levels increases sharply, and then crashes after a few hours, thereby triggering an almost irrepressible craving for foods rich in refined carbs later on in the day.
In other words, you are pushed into a blood sugar roller coaster. You will then tend to eat foods you should really be avoiding and your daily total calorie will be higher than your body requirements, leading to weight gain.

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That said though, not all types of cereals are unhealthy as a breakfast item. Pick a cereal which is low on high-refined carbohydrates or sugar, and contain more of natural fruits and nuts and other natural ingredients. Read the label carefully before picking a cereal box, and do not deceived by those claiming to be “whole grain” or “low fat” as they often have high sugar contents too.
Pick unprocessed and protein-rich foods for breakfast, for example, eggs with some vegetables or even eggs with steak for breakfast. Gram for gram, protein keeps you fuller for a longer time than carbohydrates and are better food for a weight loss diet.