Make Whole Grains Part of Your Morning With General Mills Cereals: #Giveaway #MyBlogSpark CLOSED

We are a hustle bustle working family, mornings are a mad rush to the finish line, there is certainly no time for a leisurely family breakfast. As a mother I worry quite a bit that my kids are not getting the nutrition they need, especially for breakfast which we are repeatedly told is the “most important meal of the day”. For the new year we decided we wanted to live a more “healthy lifestyle”, with heart disease in my husband’s family it’s very important that we start teaching our children how to incorporate healthy foods into their everyday life. But breakfast is a huge problem, it needs to be fast and easy…it also has to appeal to my picky eaters! This is why I was happy to learn about the big White Check on select boxes of General Mills Cereals, letting me know that this cereal offers more whole grain than any other ingredient!When reading about how important whole grains are to our diet I found these recommendations from Dr. Travis Stork, emergency room physician and host of “The Doctors.”

Start Early! The Dietary Guidelines recommend people get at least 48 grams of whole grain in their daily diets. Get a jump-start on the day’s nutrition by incorporating whole grain into your morning routine. For instance, when choosing cereal make sure whole grain is listed as the first ingredient. One easy choice is cereal with the white check, which have more whole grain than any other single ingredient.
Make Simple Swaps. Choose whole grain versions of the foods you love. Great options include whole wheat pasta and whole wheat bread or even whole grain crackers. Also, try different types of whole grain. Use brown rice instead of white rice as a side dish at dinner or popcorn, which is a whole grain, for a snack.
Don’t Judge a Food by Its Cover. The front of food packages provide good nutritional cues, but don’t forget to read the ingredients and check the nutrition label and side labels for additional health information. Cereals with the white check even include the amount of whole grain per serving on packaging.

General Mills was nice enough to send my family some of their most popular cereals that contain that big White Check. And, I was thrilled to find that these are some of my children’s favorite General Mills Cereals already! So, now I can run the gauntlet known as the “morning routine” and still know, that at the very minimum, I’m giving my kids a good start to the day with whole grains!

To help with choosing products with whole grain, General Mills developed “Fast Lane for Whole Grain,” an online educational game. Consumers can navigate virtual grocery store aisles and identify products that have whole grain as the first ingredient, with the option to enter a sweepstakes to win one of each of the 50 cereals with the white check. For more information on the importance of whole grain and a chance to enter the “Fast Lane for Whole Grain” sweepstakes, visit www.WholeGrainNation.com.

Would you like your family to eat more whole grains? General Mills is offering one lucky reader a chance to win a prize pack containing 5 boxes of General Mills cereal with the white check! For your chance to win, just follow the rules below.

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Contest ends at 11:59pm CST on March 12th. Prizes not claimed in 72 hours will be forfeited.

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