Are you looking for an after-dinner snack? Try cereal because it may help you lose weight, say scientists at Wayne State University. Of 58 overweight nighttime snackers, half ate a 630-kilojoule bowl of cereal and lowfat milk at least 90 minutes after dinner, while the other eat as usual. After four weeks, the cereal eaters had lost one kilo, and ate 590 kilojoules less than usual after dinner. The others ate 350 kilojoules more.
The study was funded by the Kellogg Company, but the researchers say the type of cereal doesn’t matter. What does matter is sticking to a serving size of 630 kilojoules of cereal. Live long and prosper. PS. Children who regularly eat oats are 50 per cent less likely to be overweight according to Columbia University, New York.
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