All-Brand Vs. Fiber One Cereal
Imagine that you are in the breakfast foods aisle at the grocery store, searching the shelves for a healthy cereal. Then you notice a cereal that is rich in fiber, hence the name FIber One. You know that fiber is good for your digestive system so you put the General Mills Fiber One cereal in your cart. But then you notice that Kellogg's also makes a cereal that is rich in fiber called All-Bran. Do you take the Fiber One out of the cart and replace it with All-Bran? The answer is in the nutritional information listed on the side of each box.
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Sodium Content
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If you are looking for the cereal with the lower sodium content, you want All-Bran cereal. Half a cup of Fiber One cereal has 105 milligrams of sodium, while All-Bran only has 80 milligrams.
Fat Content
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Ingesting large amounts of saturated fat and trans fat can cause high cholesterol, but luckily, neither of these cereals will have a negative impact on your cholesterol. Both All-Bran and Fiber One contain zero grams of saturated fat and zero grams of trans fat.
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Sugar
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Dr. Sears, a celebrated author and an Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine, says that a healthy cereal will contain less than five grams of sugar. While Fiber One fits into that category with zero grams of sugar per serving, All-Bran cereal has 6 grams of sugar per serving.
Potassium
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According to the George Mateljan Foundation, potassium is important for muscle function and helps to keep your blood pressure at normal levels. All-Bran cereal has nearly twice as much potassium than Fiber One.
Fiber Content
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Both of these cereals are high in fiber, but Fiber One has almost 50 percent more fiber than All-Bran. Fiber One has an incredible 14 grams of fiber per serving, while All-Bran has just 10 grams.
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