Some tips for buying packaged foods:

– The word “whole” should be the first ingredient on the food label.

– Dietary fiber should be greater than 3 grams per serving.

– Sugar should be less than 10 grams per serving.

The sugar/fiber rule:

Multiply the dietary fiber by 10. That factor should be GREATER THAN the total carbs in the product.

So…

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The picture is a bit hard to see, but both cereals work. The first one has 10g of dietary fibers, and 23g of carbs. If you multiply 10×10, you get 100, which is greater than 23. Since this cereal only contains 6g of sugar (remember, anything less than 10 is good), it is a keeper. The second cereal only contains 5g of sugar. It has 5g of fiber, and 5×10 is 50, which is more than the carbs the cereal contains (39). Make sense?

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This cereal is a no-go. It contains only 1g of fiber (the dietician recommends at least 3g per serving). If you multiply 1×10, you get 10, which is less than the 27g total carbs that the cereal contains. Finally, this cereal contains 10g of sugar, which is right on the border line!

Easy, huh?!