Medical Labs and Health

Cereal is one of the easiest to prepare breakfast in the morning: just choose our favorite bowl, pour a serving of cereal and add a little milk. If you want you can add fresh fruit to give fun and delicious variations, and voila!

Now, take into account the following fact: everyday eating a bowl of whole grain cereal at breakfast may help reduce the risk of developing high blood pressure. How wonderful!

D. Jinesh Kochar, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, and his team of researchers found the risk of hypertension decreased by 20% in those who ate a bowl of cereal for breakfast, seven days a week.

“I think there is good evidence that whole grains and their components, such as fiber, magnesium and potassium, giving it a wide range of benefits to the heart, blood vessels and the metabolism of glucose in the body, ” said Kochar AOL Health team.

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