A Better Breakfast

Suppose you've been eating Cheerios for your cholesterol, with a quarter-cup of raisins to get some fruit, and yogurt because you are lactose-intolerant. Sound like a healthy breakfast? There are worse breakfasts, but if you are having trouble with your blood sugar or triglycerides, maybe you can fine-tune this breakfast a bit. Flavored yogurts are high in sugar, and so are raisins. And the starches in Cheerios are very easy to digest. All these foods have high glycemic indices. So what are you supposed to eat for breakfast? How about a nice bowl of cereal and a little fruit? Just make it a better bowl of cereal and a better fruit. All-Bran with unsweetened low-fat soymilk and blueberries certainly seems like an example of a better breakfast.

Cheerios yogurt raisins	All-Bran soymilk raisins	All-Bran soymilk blueberries
1 cup (30g) Cheerios 6 oz (184g) Vanilla low-fat yogurt 1/4 cup (41g) Seedless Raisins   Calories: 390 Fat: 4g Carbohydrates: 80g Fiber: 5g Protein: 14g Est. Glycemic Load: 44 Inflammation Factor: -236	1/2 cup (31g) All-Bran cereal 1/2 cup (112 g) Soy Milk* 1/4 cup (41g) Seedless Raisins   Calories: 237 Fat: 2g Carbohydrates: 60g Fiber: 11g Protein: 8g Est. Glycemic Load: 31 Inflammation Factor: -120	1/2 cup (31g) All-Bran cereal 1/2 cup (112 g) Soy Milk* 1/2 cup (77.5g) Blueberries**   Calories: 153 Fat: 2g Carbohydrates: 37g Fiber: 11g Protein: 7g Est. Glycemic Load: 14 Inflammation Factor: 11

* WestSoy unsweetened low-fat
** Unsweetened, frozen.