Weight Loss Healthier with a Diet of Whole Grain Cereals

Although weight lost can be lost in several ways, not all may be healthy. Researchers have found that a high-fiber whole grain cereal diet is one of the healthy ways to lose weight.
The study published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association has found that eating high-fiber cereals not only help to lose weight but also gain some nutrients such as fiber, magnesium and vitamin B-6.
The study sponsored by Kraft, Dr. Kathleen J. Melanson, an assistant professor of nutrition science at the University of Rhode Island, and her colleagues followed over a period of six months 180 overweight, sedentary adults who were instructed to exercise and eat a reduced-calorie diet full of whole-grain cereals. Another group was told to only exercise and while another was instructed to exercise and eat a calorie-reduced diet without whole grain cereal.
It was found that participants in both groups which used a calorie-reduced diet lost more weight than the exercise-only group, with each individual who exercised and consumed a calorie reduced diet losing 12 pounds.
However it was found that the group using whole-grain cereals had a lower intake of saturated fat and high intake of fiber, magnesium and vitamin B-6 which indicated that the use of high-fiber whole grain cereals delivers a better profile of nutrients.