General Mills Further Commits to Health and Wellness in Children’s Cereals

General Mills is the leading cereal brand, and has been commited to offering parents a healthy and nutritious breakfast to feed their children without worrying about massive sugar consumption. I know what you’re thinking, cereals like Trix and Cinnamon Toast Crunch not containing massive amounts of sugar? Well, it may come as a surprise, but pre-sweetended cereals, such as the two mentioned above, only account for about 5% of sugar in a child’s diet and General Mills is dedicated to cutting down the amount of sugars present in their cereals to single-digit grams while also increasing the amount of key nutrients in their cereals, such as calcium and vitamin D. General Mills’ brand cereals are also a great provider of whole grain; making ready-to-eat cereal the number one source of whole grains in a …

The Wheat Process, Discovered

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Wheat Food Council. All opinions are 100% mine.

As very busy women are prone to do, myself included, going to the grocery store and sticking a bunch of items in your cart, dashing through the checkout and back home is a mundane and sometimes even tedious task. Very, very rarely do we think about the items we are throwing into our carts while checking our watches and making sure we’re out of the store in time to run the other errands we have on our lists. Where do these foods come from? How were the fruits, vegetables and wheat farmed? Where did our wheat come from, anyway? Well, thanks to a great new interactive, online multimedia program we can now not only find out where certain types of wheat come from and how …

4-Pack Fiber One Yogurt Giveaway, 50 Winners!

Back in July we featured an in-depth video review (my first video, by the way!) of Fiber One yogurt. I loved the yogurt, it was delicious and we went through two 4-packs of yogurt in just a few days because it was so good and even better, it contains 5 grams of fiber in every 4oz serving (that’s 20% of your recommended daily value of fiber just in one little yogurt cup!) It’s also only 50 calories and is the only leading nonfat yogurt that is packed with so much good stuff for your body. Fiber One nonfat yogurt is also the first nationally-distributed yogurt to receive the Hungry Girl Seal of Approval. It’s definitely a nutritious, delicious and convenient breakfast and snack option and now we want you to try …