Start each day with a bowl of whole-grain variety cereal. Research presented by the American Heart Association said that cereals made from whole grains could trim up to 20% off your risk of developing hypertension, or high blood pressure. Try eating whole-grain cereals like Cheerios, shredded ...

Keeping your blood sugar levels in check throughout the day helps your body burn the food you eat more efficiently and helps prevent weight gain, and breakfast plays an important role in doing that. A breakfast that is too sugar-laden, though, has an adverse effect, ...

Breakfast is an important meal; so don’t fill up on sweet cereals. When buying cereal, remember the number 5. Don’t get a cereal unless it has at least five grams of fiber, and don’t get a cereal that has more than five grams of sugar.

All you have to do is look for the whole grain label.