According to MayoClinic.com, a healthy breakfast may help you control your weight, meet your nutrient requirements and lower your risk of heart disease. You can use Total breakfast cereals from General Mills as part of a healthy breakfast. The Cranberry Crunch flavor provides essential vitamins and minerals and a sweet taste.
Nutrients
Total Cereal Cranberry Crunch has 190 calories per 2-oz. serving. It has 1.5 g fat with no saturated or trans fat. Each serving has 44 g carbohydrate and 4 g protein. Total Cranberry Crunch cereal provides 100 percent of the daily value for the B vitamins and vitamin E as well as for calcium, iron and zinc. The cereal also has 25 percent of the daily value for vitamin D and 10 percent for magnesium and phosphorus.
Sugar
Sugars are simple carbohydrates that can naturally be in foods or that can be added ingredients in food products. According to the American Heart Association, added sugars contribute calories without nutrients and you should limit your intake to approximately 100 to 150 calories per day, depending on your calorie needs. Sugar has four calories per gram, so you should limit daily intake to about 25 to 35 g. Total Cranberry Crunch cereal has 16 g sugar per 2-oz. serving.
Fiber
Dietary fiber describes carbohydrates from plants that your body cannot digest. Insoluble fiber may lower the risk for heart disease and decrease hunger so that you eat less and soluble fiber may reduce LDL cholesterol levels. The American Heart Association recommends that you get your fiber from food sources rather than fiber supplements to meet your requirements. Total Cranberry Crunch cereal has 17 percent of the daily value for dietary fiber per serving with less than 1 g soluble fiber.
Grains
The daily recommendation for a person on a 2,000-calorie diet is six to eight 1-oz. servings of grains with at least half from whole grain sources. The American Heart Association states that the vitamins in whole grains are thiamin, riboflavin, niacin and folate. Minerals include iron, magnesium and selenium. Whole grains also provide fiber. Total Cranberry Crunch is 100 percent whole grain and each 2-oz. serving counts as two of your daily whole grain servings.
Breakfast
MayoClinic.com suggests building a balanced breakfast using a whole grain, fruits or vegetables and low-fat dairy and protein. Total Cranberry Crunch cereal can be the whole grain component of a breakfast using this pattern. The fruit or vegetables add extra vitamins, minerals and fiber. Skim milk contributes important nutrients such as protein, potassium, vitamin A, calcium and vitamin D. This breakfast could help you meet your daily nutrient requirements while keeping your overall calories within your limits.
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