It's breakfast time and you can't decide if you should have yogurt and granola or cereal and milk. Both are good forms of protein and calcium, and they also contain fiber. Depending on your specific needs though, you may want the breakfast that contains more calories (since you're going for a long bike ride), or maybe you're concerned with getting the least amount of sodium (because of your high blood pressure).
So let's compare the two. To see the nutritional info for each meal read more.
| Food | Calories | Fat (g) | Cholesterol (mg) | Sodium (mg) | Carbs (g) | Fiber (g) | Sugars (g) | Protein (g) | Calcium (mg) |
| 6 oz. Chobani Vanilla Yogurt | 120 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 16 | 200 |
| 1/4 cup Bear Naked Fit Granola (Vanilla Almond) | 120 | 2.5 | 0 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 1/4 cup blueberries | 21 | .1 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | .9 | 3.6 | .3 | 2.2 |
| Total | 261 | 2.6 | 0 | 80 | 37.3 | 3.9 | 19.6 | 19.3 | 202.2 |
| Food | Calories | Fat (g) | Cholesterol (mg) | Sodium (mg) | Carbs (g) | Fiber (g) | Sugars (g) | Protein (g) | Calcium (mg) |
| 1 cup skim milk | 91 | .7 | 5 | 130 | 12.3 | 0 | 12.3 | 8.7 | 316.2 |
| 1 cup Kashi Go Lean cereal | 140 | 1 | 0 | 85 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 60 |
| 1/4 cup sliced strawberries | 13 | .1 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | .8 | 1.9 | .3 | 6.6 |
| Total | 244 | 1.8 | 5 | 215 | 45.5 | 10.8 | 20.2 | 22 | 382.8 |
As you can see, yogurt and granola contain less cholesterol, less sodium, fewer carbs, and slightly less sugars. A bowl of cereal and milk contains fewer calories, less fat, more fiber, slightly more protein, and a great deal more calcium. Now that you can see the two comparisons side by side, you can can decide which meal is right for you.
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Austin Reed
Cereal + Milk = more fiber, more protein, more calcium. good to know!
1I usually eat oatmeal made with milk and fruit...I suppose that would go under "cereal and milk", except that it's hot. Thanks for the comparison!
2Yogurt for me is either a snack or lunch time food. I usually go for cereal in the morning.
31/4 cup? That wouldn't feed a toddler. Why is granola so caloric? It's depressing.
4I put Go Lean in yogurt with Fruit... so...
5cereal and soy milk for me, or yogurt itself. granolas too hard for me, and then when I put it with yogurt it gets too mushy. I just don't really like the texture.
6I usually have yogurt and cereal, most likely PB puffins!!
7I'm into yogurt and multigrain Cheerios at the moment...
8For breakfast I'm currently loving 1/2 cup fiber one cereal with 1 cup plain yogurt and 1/2 cup mixed berries. If I'm feeling like I need something sweet after dinner, I'll have a cup of yogurt with 1/2 cup GoLean Crunch (I find it quite sweet), a tbsp toasted wheatgerm and some fresh fruit. I guess I like to bookend my day with yogurt and cereal.
9I love granola and yogurt, but it's just not enough food with too many calories for in the morning. Maybe as a snack or part of lunch or something.
I always go for cereal and milk in the morning...but it really depends on what type of cereal [I don't eat Kashi anymore, too gritty and more calories than I want] and milk you're talking about!
10oatmeal and peanut butter and a banana for me...i rarely eat cold cereal and never eat it with milk.
11Most mornings I eat cereal with 1/2 bannana and either a few cut up strawberries or rasphberries with skim milk. Then maybe a cup of lowfat yogurt with a handful of blueberries in it.
12I have coffee with milk (or actually milk with coffee), dry cereals and fresh pineapple for breakfast. I prefer my yogurt with fruit in the evening, after a workout.
13Cubes of papaya and apple (1 cup), muesli, some plain yoghurt and honey and 3 strawberrries.. currently.. loving it !
14So helpful! I love both oh so very much.
15
i actually eat yogurt+cereal 
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