Skip Breakfast for a Daughter, Eat Cereal for a Son

THERE are numerous old wives' tales about how a couple can increase their chances of having a boy or a girl. For a son, make love only on odd days of the month, eat plenty of meat and be sure the father keeps his genitals cool by wearing boxer shorts and loose-fitting trousers; for a daughter, put a wooden spoon under the bed and eat plenty of yogurt.

Shredded Wheat and Bran the Key to a Long Life?

Every morning for more than 90 years, Cordelia "Cordie" Jungers sat down to a breakfast of shredded wheat and bran cereal. That daily routine is her secret, family members said, to her long life as Cordie celebrated her 100th birthday Monday.

A Brief History of Breakfast Cereal

You can trace breakfast cereal back to gruel-eating ancient Greeks, but it wasn't until the 19th century that the idea of eating cold cereal was embraced. In 1863, Dr. James Caleb Jackson, a health reformer who believed illness was rooted in the stomach, began experimenting with cold cereal to augment the mineral-spring treatments at his sanitarium in upstate New York.

He baked graham flour into brittle cakes, which he then crumbled and baked again. It was not an immediate success; in fact, it was edible only when soaked in milk overnight. Even so, Jackson's granula, as he called it, would soon have competition. It was not long before Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, a Michigan man with a sanitarium of his own, was also promoting a healthful cold cereal. Kellogg ran the Battle Creek Sanitarium, popular with luminaries like Amelia Earhart.

Is Oatmeal the Perfect Food?

Is Oatmeal the Perfect Food?

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day as it can affect mood and energy level for the entire day.And the best way to start your day is Oatmeal.Oatmeal has long ranked among the best foods for fighting cholesterol.A single bowl of oatmeal provides all essential nutrients like complex carbohydrates, B vitamins, fiber, and minerals such as phosphorous, iron, selenium, and calcium.