Eating the Right Kind of Cereal

By eating the right types of breakfast foods you can cut your risk of certain diseases. Here are some helpful tips:

1. Get in more fiber: new studies are showing that for every 10 grams of fiber you eat daily, you have a 17% less chance of dying from coronary heart disease.

2. Pack in more B6: muscle mass is usually lost when dieting, which makes it harder to stay slim due to a subsequent drop in metabolism. But studies suggest that you can preserve and prevent muscle loss by eating cereals fortified with B6.

3. Eat oatmeal: Oatmeal is low on the glycemic index, which according to some studies, may cut your risk of age-related macular degeneration.