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How to choose the best cereal for you

  Nutritionists have always sung the praises of breakfast but too many of us still skip it in favour of a coffee and an apple.

But according to the latest research we need look no further than a speedy bowl of pre-packaged breakfast cereal to offer us a healthier, happier start to the day. Some breakfast cereals are high in sugar and salt, but the up-side is that they are low in fat, high in energy-giving carbohydrates and, in many cases, rich in fibre. A fortified breakfast cereal will also add several vitamins and minerals to your diet as well as supply the goodness of milk.

So which of the popular cereals has the best properties for helping you slim down, avoid heart disease or tackle stress? Here we assesses the best brands for beating various common health conditions.

Anaemia What to eat: Healthwise Bran Flakes, Healthwise Sultana Bran, Special K

How they help: These cereals are richest in iron, needed for the manufacture of haemoglobin which transports vital oxygen around the bloodstream and to body tissues. A 40g bowl provides between half and two-thirds of the Recommended Daily Allowance, helping to prevent the classical symptoms of anaemia, such as tiredness, weakness and pale skin.

To obtain the same amount of iron from lean beef you'd need to eat around half a pound of steak. However, the iron in cereals is less well absorbed and requires the presence of vitamin C (eg from a glass of orange juice) to be absorbed.

Obesity What to eat: All-Bran Plus, Healthwise Sultana Bran, Special K, porridge oats, Commonsense Special K, Shredded Wheat, Weetabix

How they help: These cereals are high in fibre and/or have a low GI (raise blood sugar levels relatively slowly) which can curb mid-morning snacking by helping you to feel full for longer.

But, according to Anne de Looy, Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics at Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh, even sugary breakfast cereals such as Frosties, Cocoa Pops and Sugar Puffs can aid weight loss by spontaneously reducing the overall percentage of fat in your diet. Sugar-coated cereals have no more calories bowl for bowl than other fortified cereals and because they are highly palatable, they make it more likely you will stick to a reduced calorie diet.

Heart disease What to eat: Corn Flakes, Rice Krispies, Special K, Healthwise Bran Flakes, Healthwise Sultana Bran

How they help: They all have high levels of folic acid fortification, providing at least half of the RDA in one bowl. According to a recent NOP survey for Kelloggs, 80% of Britons are unaware of the role folic acid can play in combating heart disease.

But recent estimates suggest that one of the main risks of heart attacks in the general population is due to elevated levels of homocysteine, a substance in the blood that can easily be lowered through eating foods rich in folic acid. Fortified foods are a particularly good way of obtaining folic acid as the vitamin is much better absorbed in this way than from foods that contain the vitamin naturally, such as liver or broccoli.

A recent study at Harvard University found cereal fibre is independently associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease in women.

High cholesterol What to eat: Porridge oats, Ready Brek Commonsense Oat Bran Flakes.

How they help: Oats provide lots of a soluble fibre which binds to cholesterol in the gut aiding its removal from the body.

According to an analysis of 67 studies, 2-10g daily can produce small but significant decreases in the levels of LDL cholesterol - the type of cholesterol circulating in the blood stream that can lodge in arteries. And 3g of soluble fibre daily, the amount in two bowls oof Ready Brek or threeb owls of Commonsense Oat Bran flake,? would be expected to lower total cholesterol levels.

Osteoporosis What to eat: Ready Brek, All Bran Plus, Special K

How they help: They provide particularly good quantities of nutrients essential for building or maintaining strong bones. Ready Brek is rich in calcium - one bowl made up with milk provides 90% of the Recommended Daily Allowance. All Bran Plus is also a good provider of calcium (one bowl with milk provides 35% of the RDA), while Special K provides at least half the daily amount of vitamin D ? known to boost mineral density and help prevent fractures. High-fibre cereals are generally better in the battle against osteoporosis because they naturally contain another bone mineral - magnesium - in the whole grain.

Stress What to eat: Optima Fruit And Fibre

How it helps: It's rich in carbohydrate which may boost calming serotonin levels in the brain, and also fortified with B vitamins required for a healthy nervous system. Research by Professor Andrew Smith at the University of Bristol, found that subjects who ate breakfast, particularly fortified cereal, every day perceived themselves as less stressed, and less depressed than those who skipped breakfast.

Eating breakfast was associated with other healthy habits such as not smoking and drinking less alcohol, but the researchers say the benefit of cereal on stress levels was independent of this.

Cancer What to eat: Shredded wheat, All Bran Plus, All Bran Bite Size, Healthwise Bran Flakes, Sultana Bran, Shreddies, Weetabix

How they help: Wheat fibre is known to encourage the excretion of oestrogen from the body and contains substances called lignans which weaken the effect of oestrogen on breast tissue. Both these factors may reduce the risk of the breast cancer.

High-fibre breakfast cereals also speed the passage of potential carcinogens through the gut and, according to the Cancer Research Campaign, half of all bowel cancer cases could be prevented by eating a diet high in cereal fibre. Most people eat about 12g of fibre daily, whereas a healthy amount is about 18g. One bowl of wholewheat cereal is an easy way to help fill this fibre gap.