As most of you know I have been on a quest to change the way I am eating, not just lose weight, but to eat healthier. I am also enforcing for my entire family. Ringing in the New Year often means new eating habits for most people, and it certainly does in our home.
Dietary Guidelines recommend choosing products with a whole grain listed as the first ingredient. Now every box of cereal you see in the grocery store with the white check has more whole grain than any other single ingredient with the same great taste so that’s something to pay attention to when you are shopping for cereal. You will see “whole grain” as a part of the first ingredient on the ingredient list, indicating that whole grain is the first and most prevalent ingredient.
According to Dr. Travis Stork, emergency room physician and host of “The Doctors,” identifying whole grain products can be challenging. Shoppers can look for nutritional cues on the front of the box, but they need to read the ingredient list to know if they are getting enough whole grain. Ingredient lists detail ingredients in order of prevalence, and if the words “whole grain” are followed by a grain like wheat or oats, it means the food contains more whole grain than any other single ingredient. Here’s how to determine if your cereals have whole grain as a first ingredient:
With all the health messages facing grocery store shoppers, it can be confusing to translate what appears on food labels into nutritional needs, and hard to determine which foods have a meaningful amount of whole grain. Dr. Stork has some additional recommendations to help you include whole grain easily into your diet. They include:
With all the health messages facing grocery store shoppers, it can be confusing to translate what appears on food labels into nutritional needs, and hard to determine which foods have a meaningful amount of whole grain. Dr. Stork has some additional recommendations to help you include whole grain easily into your diet. They include:
- Start Early! The Dietary Guidelines recommend people get at least 48 grams of whole grain in their daily diets. Get a jump-start on the day’s nutrition by incorporating whole grain into your morning routine. For instance, when choosing cereal make sure whole grain is listed as the first ingredient. One easy choice is cereal with the white check, which have more whole grain than any other single ingredient.
- Make Simple Swaps. Choose whole grain versions of the foods you love. Great options include whole wheat pasta and whole wheat bread or even whole grain crackers. Also, try different types of whole grain. Use brown rice instead of white rice as a side dish at dinner or popcorn, which is a whole grain, for a snack.
- Don’t Judge a Food by Its Cover. The front of food packages provide good nutritional cues, but don’t forget to read the ingredients and check the nutrition label and side labels for additional health information. Cereals with the white check even include the amount of whole grain per serving on packaging.
To help with choosing products with whole grain, General Mills developed “Fast Lane for Whole Grain,” an online educational game. Consumers can navigate virtual grocery store aisles and identify products that have whole grain as the first ingredient, with the option to enter a sweepstakes to win one of each of the 50 cereals with the white check.
Make a commitment to add more whole grain to your diet by simply pouring a bowl of cereal with the white check including Cheerios®, Lucky Charms®, Cinnamon Toast Crunch®, Honey Nut Cheerios® and Total®.
For more information on the importance of whole grain and a chance to enter the “Fast Lane for Whole Grain” sweepstakes, visit www.WholeGrainNation.com.
Make a commitment to add more whole grain to your diet by simply pouring a bowl of cereal with the white check including Cheerios®, Lucky Charms®, Cinnamon Toast Crunch®, Honey Nut Cheerios® and Total®.
For more information on the importance of whole grain and a chance to enter the “Fast Lane for Whole Grain” sweepstakes, visit www.WholeGrainNation.com.
General Mills has generously offered to give one of Colie’s Kitchen’s lucky readers 5 boxes of their new Whole Grain white check cereals including: Cheerios®, Lucky Charms®, Cinnamon Toast Crunch®, Honey Nut Cheerios® and Total®. Get Ready To WIN!! www.WholeGrainNation.com:
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21 Sweet Comments:
That sounds yummy.
We are living healthier by not buying the junk food and keeping it out of the house. Also eating less fast food and processed foods.
Eating Cheerios will help up my whole grains. My kids love Cheerios so it's not to hard to eat them in my house.
This information helped me because know I know what to look for on the ingredients list. How far down is wheat listed in the ingredients. If it's far down, there isn't much in it.
We eat out less now.
We love cereal, so eating the white checked cereal will at least give us some fiber for the day.
This is a great giveaway!
I've helped by teaching them about portion control and saturated fat calories. Email: yona(at)pricelesswriters.com
We always make sure we have apples in the house. We literally eat apples every single day. EVERY day.
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since we are cereal eaters, anything we can do to make it healthier is good and these cereals do just that!
qsformom at yahoo dot come
Paying more attention to the cereals that have whole grains and fiber ....which we need more of in our daily diet
qsformom at yahoo dot com
I try to have fruit and cut up veggies on hand along with trail mix for some healthy snacks!
I have always read the side labels and love the fact there is whole wheat now:)
Another nice giveaway, one that will help with our family food budget
A big change we made this year, since losing my job, is we buy MUCH LESS processed food, and make a lot from scratch. Healthier and happier.
Eating these cereals will help my entire family reach their goals in daily healthy eating, especially fiber and grains
Question: How has this information changed the way you read ingredient lists?
It hasn't changed my reading patterns all that much, I was very thorough in my approach to reading labels before.
I've helped my family live healthier by encouraging them to eat healthier, keeping healthy foods in the house, and cooking healthy meals whenever possible
nathansmommy619(at)aol(dot)com
This information has changed the way I'll read the list by making me more informed and therefore making a more informed choice of the foods i choose to buy
Nathansmommy619(at)aol(dot)com
It will help increase my whole grain in take a lot, as I eat a bowl of cereal everyday, and now know to look for the ones with the white checks for a healther choice
Nathansmommy619(at)aol(dot)com
Since we start every day with cereal or oatmeal, the white check will make it easier to make sure we're getting our whole grain requirements.
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