And even when we treat ourselves to something a bit "naughty" one look at the number of calories in each portion tells us just how much we're eating. While all brands have to inform consumers just how many calories there are in a 'recommended serving' there's something very important we're almost all missing. Graeme Tomlinson, better known to his hundreds of thousands of Instragram followers as the Fitness Chef, is here to educate us on what a 'recommended serving' is actually made up of. The 'recommended serving' for breakfast superfood granola is just 30g - for 132 calories - and when you see it in a bowl, that really does look disappointing. Special K, surely the ultimate in low fat and low calorie breakfast cereals, has a very small 'recommended portion size'.

Source: Daily Mirror May 20, 2019 14:15 UTC