This does not bode well for producers of high-carb products involving bread, cereal and pasta.

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Encourage your daughter to eat starchy carbohydrates such as cereal, bread, rice, potatoes, pasta or beans at every meal and snack.

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The rest of us see our purchasing power eaten away by rising prices for gasoline, cereal, bread, and a lot more.

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If you dress up your yogurt or sugary cereal or bread or sugar water as a drug, you can sell it for high prices at upscale shops to soccer Moms eager to hop on the latest health food trend.

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Instead, cut back on starchy carbohydrates (bread, pasta, rice, cereal) on "off" days during which you are not doing anything strenuous.

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Catherine, in Minneapolis, says that cereal may be a better source of whole grain than bread and other foods because of how it tends to be served.

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Ways to get it in your kid's diet: Sprinkle it on oatmeal, pancakes, cold cereal and yogurt, and add a few extra dashes of cinnamon to muffin or quick-bread recipes that call for it.

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