Best Bets for Your Cereal Bowl
(2)Check the Nutrition Facts label for the fiber content before buying a breakfast cereal "More than three grams of fiber is good; more than five grams per serving is excellent," says Atlanta, Georgia-based bariatric dietitian Rachel Brandeis, MS, RS. "High-fiber cereals will keep you feeling full longer than a low-fiber cereal." To keep calorie down choose a cereal with 12 grams of sugar or less per serving. And if your choice is fortified with protein, that's another plus. "You can also have hot cereal if it's high in fiber and not watery, such as steel-cut oats," Brandeis says
