What is a Cereal Diet?
People may automatically think of the cereal diet as substituting two meals a day with Special K® cereal. Called the Special K Challenge, creators of the diet boast that people who have a bowl of the cereal for breakfast and one other meal may lose up to six pounds (2.72 kg) or about a jean size in two weeks’ time. Various studies on this type of diet have been performed, and some people do lose a small amount of weight, mainly because they reduce their calorie intake by substituting lower calorie cereal for higher calorie foods. Not everyone loses weight, and some studies suggest average weight loss may be about a pound to four pounds (.45-1.81 kg) in a two-week period. Emboldened by the relative success of a cereal diet like the Special K Challenge, other cereal makers have suggested using cereal as a means of losing pounds. Some companies like Kashi®: offer high fiber low calorie cereals, and others simply recommend eating any type of cereal. Those who create these diets may reco
