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Bran Cereals can help you lose weight when consumed at the right time and in the correct combination. People in North America exercise less and eat more calorie rich foods now than they did in the 1960's and 1970's. In the United States about 66% of the population is overweight or obese. That is a staggering amount of the population.
Health expert have been trying to find simple and painless ways of helping people eat less and exercise more. A study done at the University of Toronto showed that; people who consumed a bowl of high insoluble fiber cereal (33 grams) 75 minutes before a buffet meal ate about 100 to 200 fewer calories at the sitting. The high-fiber cereal was found also to reduce blood sugar levels after the meal as well.
The study found that eating low fiber-cereal, white bread of even drinking water before the feeding had no effect on the caloric intake that people consumed or blood sugar response. Which indicate filling up on water will not decrease a person's appetite. A person will still feel hungary after drinking water. Although drinking the daily recommended 8 to 10 glasses a day of water is still important in the weight loss and recuperation process of the human body.
Another study by Glen Gaesser from the University of Virginia also found an important correlation; this study found that eating a bowl of 100 percent bran flakes for your first meal (breakfast) improved a person's blood vessel health and cut appetite.
The above mention studies can be found in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 86: 972-9, 2007.
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