Ordinary Life

by Kristin M. Lesney

Whole Grain First – Giveaway!

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I know that whole grain is important to you, and the Dietary Guidelines recommend choosing products with a whole grain listed as the first ingredient. Now every cereal with the white check has more whole grain than any other single ingredient with the same great taste. You will see whole grain as a part of the first ingredient on the ingredient list, indicating that whole grain is the first and most prevalent ingredient.

  • Start Early! The Dietary Guidelines recommend people get at least 48 grams of whole grain in their daily diets. Get a jump-start on the day’s nutrition by incorporating whole grain into your morning routine. For instance, when choosing cereal make sure whole grain is listed as the first ingredient. One easy choice is cereal with the white check, which have more whole grain than any other single ingredient.
  • Make Simple Swaps. Choose whole grain versions of the foods you love. Great options include whole wheat pasta and whole wheat bread or even whole grain crackers. Also, try different types of whole grain. Use brown rice instead of white rice as a side dish at dinner or popcorn, which is a whole grain, for a snack.
  • Don’t Judge a Food by Its Cover. The front of food packages provide good nutritional cues, but don’t forget to read the ingredients and check the nutrition label and side labels for additional health information. Cereals with the white check even include the amount of whole grain per serving on packaging.

To help with choosing products with whole grain, General Mills developed Fast Lane for Whole Grain, an online educational game. Consumers can navigate virtual grocery store aisles and identify products that have whole grain as the first ingredient, with the option to enter a sweepstakes to win one of each of the 50 cereals with the white check.

Make a commitment to add more whole grain to your diet by simply pouring a bowl of cereal with the white check including Cheerios, Lucky Charms, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Honey Nut Cheerios and Total.

For more information on the importance of whole grain and a chance to enter the Fast Lane for Whole Grain sweepstakes, visit www.WholeGrainNation.com.

Giveaway!

One prize pack for one winner! 5 boxes of General Mills cereal with the white check

Giveaway ends 3-15-2012

 

Disclosure: The prize pack, information, and giveaway have been provided by General Mills through MyBlogSpark.

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  3. We are getting more whole grains into our diet with whole grain bread and pasta.

  10. I`ve changed from white rice & white bread to brown rice and whole grains & wholewheat bread. Also, sometimes I will ground fresh flaxseeds to sprinkle into cereal or oameal.

  25. Honestly I don’t get very much except for my bowl of cereal in the morning.

  36. I get whole grains in my families diets by supplying them with the staples such as bread and cereal in good quality whole grain forms…they tend to like it better anyway.

  47. I try to buy whole grain breads each week. And I try to add brown rice to soups and stews.

  66. We make sure to buy whole grain products- breads, pastas, cereals, etc.

  67. We start each day with whole grain cereal. Someays it’s cereal with milk, some days we use it to make a yogurt, fruit, cereal parfait, some days we sprinkle it over fruit, variety keeps them eating it.

  73. Everyone in the family loves bread, so making homemade whole grain breads works well. We use multi-grain pastas now, instead of enriched flour too.

  75. my main way to get whole grains into my family diet is using enriched cereals and pastas.

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  113. Buy whole grain pasta! We eat a lot of it, so it’s the easiest way to incorporate it.

  121. I am watching the labels and will pick something that states it is whole grain. It could be in the pasta, bread or cereal aisle.

  122. we do all whole grain pasta and bread, thats two major carbs we are replacing with whole grain, my kids have never had white bread so they dont know what they are missing 😉

  123. Eat rye or wheat bread. It tastes so much better than over-processed white bread and is much better for you.

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  143. I switched up regular pasta for whole grain pasta. AND – I use cabbage instead of lettuce in my wraps and sandwiches. I love the flavor and it has a lot more fiber. (I know it’s not whole grain, but you know – the whole fiber thing)

  162. Switching to whole grain cereals and pastas are the easiest way to get more fiber into my kids diets

  166. I try to buy Whole grain products such as breads, pasta and use oatmeal for breakffast.

  174. I try to buy whole grains breads and cereals – every little bit helps

  178. I honestly don’t go out of my way to make sure I get so much whole grains in my diet. I’ve been eating what I want my whole life, and it seems to be working very well for me.

  182. I use whole grain breads and cereals now for my family. No one really notices and it still tastes great!

  194. My tip to getting more whole grains into my diet is that we have a bowl of cereal with non fat milk every morning. We also eat whole grain breads and pastas. My daughter goes right along with me on this one. Its important for me to make sure she is getting a balanced diet so Cheerios is one of our morning staples.

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  221. Lots of whole grain cereals. I add Flax to everything. We also enjoy Quinoa!

  238. The easiest for us was switching to wheat bread. My kids don’t even notice.

  262. We switched out our regular pasta for whole grain pasta and the kids didn’t even notice.

  268. i eat whole grain pasta, and whole grain wheat bread when i eat those products.

  274. We started using wheat breads instead of white.
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