Do you love cereal? You might read this...

Did you know that a single portion of some of the most popular cereals, including the famous Kellogg's, can carry a lot of sugar, sometimes as much as a donut with cover. And some other brands of cereal, have more sugar and sodium, than we believe they have.

Post's Golden Crisp and Kellogg's Honey Smacks, are both more than 50 percent sugar by weight, while nine brands are at least 40 percent sugar.

Breakfast cereals, waffles, pancakes, bagels and other high-carb, high-sugar foods,
are some of your absolute worst options for having breakfast. The analysis, published in the Journal of American Dietetic Association, found that children’s cereals have more sugar, sodium, carbohydrates, and calories per gram than cereals not marketed to kids. They also have less protein and fiber. On average, sugar accounts for more than one-third of the weight of children‘s cereals compared to less than one-quarter of adult cereals.

Sugar is Not a Healthy Breakfast, and Fiber? Totally ignored

There are two major problems with breakfast cereals:

1. Their high sugar content
2. The refined grains (carbohydrates, which also break down into sugar)

On average, just one serving of a typical children’s breakfast cereal equates to more than 90 percent of the daily sugar intake for sedentary girls aged 9 to 13.
In fact, “feeding infants cereal may be associated with an increased risk of developing type-1 diabetes mellitus autoantibodies, according to a study.

So, what would you do? Moderate sugar consumption over 6 grams per day, which is considerably less than the U.S. average, which is closer to a staggering 175 pounds per year (about 52 teaspoons a day)!

So, sorry but forget those yogurt and sugared cereal snacks, free fat yogurt will be just fine.