One of my favorite breakfasts is 1/2 cup yogurt (plain, vanilla, any flavored) with 1/4 cup crunchy nuggets cereal.  It’s chock full of healthy vitamins, minerals and the texture is great first thingin the morning.  The creamy yogurt and crunch of the nuggets really wakes up your mouth!

Courtesy of Realage.com:

It’s creamy, it’s tangy, and it starts your day off right. And it’s oh-so-good for your blood pressure. We’re talking about low-fat yogurt.

In a recent study, a diet that was rich in low-fat dairy seemed to help curb the risk of high blood pressure by as much as 31 percent.

Do This Kind of Dairy
Dairy foods like yogurt make your blood vessels happy — but you’ve gotta go low fat. In the study, low-fat dairy was the only kind associated with a high blood pressure benefit. And don’t stop at breakfast. You’ll want a little low-fat dairy at every meal. In the study, the maximum blood pressure protection was achieved with 4 1/2 servings of low-fat dairy per day.

Dairy Is Loaded
With all of the blood-pressure-friendly minerals in dairy — like calcium, magnesium, and potassium — the study results aren’t hard to fathom. And since low-fat dairy is lighter on calories, makes sense that it may be more helpful than full-fat dairy, which packs more waist-widening (and thus blood-pressure-boosting) calories.

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1. Mandy from Plumbers Bromley Says:
   November 26th, 2009 at 11:20 am

   Your breakfast sounds yummy, think I will try this instead of having plain old boring toast every morning!
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2. encouragehealth Says:
   November 26th, 2009 at 11:53 am

   Thank you, Mandy, it’s a healthy, nutritious and fun breakfast once in a while. Enjoy!

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   November 26th, 2009 at 12:55 pm

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4. Tess from Stop Excessive Sweating Says:
   January 14th, 2010 at 8:15 pm

   I already like low-fat yogurt, but the added crunch sounds great! I will definitely have to try this out. Thanks!

5. Red Croix from Low Cholesterol Diet Plan Says:
   February 16th, 2010 at 6:50 am

   Yogurt is an extremely customizable snack. You can add any fruit, nut, seed or even honey to spice it up. Yogurt is great on most carb foods such as baked potatoes and curry on rice. It even helps to make desserts a little bit more healthy.
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