Brockie's Fruit and Cereal is quietly revolutionising the breakfast cereal brigade. Like all good ideas it began as a solution to a problem.

Margaret Brockie has devoted her professional life to finding strategies that will empower people to overcome personal and physical obstacles, enabling them to fulfill and enjoy their potential. As a Director of a Centre, she was well informed as to the processes of change - the most effective being incremental change consisting of a gradual step-by-step approach.

For many of us cereal has become the quick and fibre-healthy staple to our diets. But there is almost too many to choose from - and most appear a carbohydrate filler without the important nutrients. Three years ago, Margaret was approached by a friend in pressing need of a dietary change. For years her friend's diet was full of a high sugar and high fat intake. A laissez-fare attitude to eating whatever whenever during her twenties had continued on into her 30s as she juggled parenting with a full-time career.

Time seemed to be the major obstacle to eating nutritious food (the fallacy that healthy food takes longer to prepare) and by her mid-40s her deteriorating health was seriously effecting her day-to- day functioning.

When Margaret assessed her friend's dietary habits it was found that breakfast was generally overlooked. Cereal appeared to be the quickest and most nutritious meal for breakfast. Margaret devised a specially formulated cereal which contained a higher than average fibre content without the added oils, artificial flavourings, colourings or preservatives. Brockie's Fruit and Cereal evolved into a highly nutritious food with a very special gourmet taste. It's subtle and distinct flavour of sweet natural fruit juice and syrup is complimented by the barest hint of cinnamon and nutmeg spice. As well, and most importantly, Brockie's Fruit and Cereal contains 21 ingredients made from either Australian, Organic or bio-dynamic produce where possible, and includes oat bran, linseed, raisins, apple, currants, hazelnuts and lecithin.

After the friend's initial reluctance (due to the fact that she never ate cereal), Brockie's Fruit and Cereal has served as one of the essential foundations in helping to transform her eating habits. Brockie's Fruit and Cereal gradually helped to restore and sustain her energies throughout the morning period. The mid-morning hunger pangs had finally become a thing of the past!

Brockie's has been reviewed favourably, and is available from Diabetes Australia in all States. It is also available from Daimaru Melbourne, good Delicatessens, Health Food Stores and purveyors of high quality foods.