Chocolate cereals that are designed to appeal to adults - to women, specifically - rather than to children are one of the hottest new trends in the breakfast industry. Chocolate Oat Crunch Life is the first one out of the starting gate and is already available in stores. The cereal is regular, whole grain Life cereal that has had chocolate granola pieces added to it. It is touted as being low fat, high in fiber and as a generally healthy (2.5 grams fat, 190 calories per 1-cup serving), yet indulgent, breakfast option.

After trying a box, I think I would pass on this as breakfast food.

When you want chocolate in the morning, once you're over the age of 10 or so, you're probably going to opt for hot chocolate, a mocha or maybe even a small piece of your favorite candy bar long before you reach for a box of chocolate cereal. But cereal makers are counting on the fact that their newest products will change that.

At the beginning of next year, Quaker Oats will launch Life Chocolate Oat Crunch and Kellogg will release Special K Chocolatey Delight. Both cereals are low in fat and are targeted towards nutrition-minded consumers who want to have their chocolate and eat it too. Quaker will be promoting the fact that their cereal is high fiber and full of whole grains, while Kellogg will be sponsoring a two-week weight loss challenge centered around the cereal, just as they offer with regular Special K. Reps from Kellogg have also noted that the cereal is not necessarily going to be promoted as just a breakfast item and that it is designed to appeal to those who like to snack on cereal as well.

Drinking tea won't really allow you to live forever, but that is certainly the first thought that popped into my head after reading the headline "Drinking tea linked to reduced risk of death." The article that accompanied the headline was about a recent Japanese study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association investigating the health benefits of drinking green tea. As other studies have shown numerous benefits, it was only natural to aim big and see exactly how beneficial the tea was, rather than continuing to only look at each possible factor individually. The study concluded that "those who drank five cups of green tea per day were 16 percent less likely to die from any cause during the 11-year study than those who drank less than one cup per day."

Does this mean that your life expectancy will increase if you drink more green tea? Not exactly, but it does mean that you can potentially decrease various risk factors that could contribute to health problems. In short, green tea isn't going to add any extra years to your life, but it could help to prevent those years from being cut short unnecessarily.