I always hear about how people say so many cold cereals are actually unhealthy but there has to be some that aren't right? What about a good old fashioned bowl of Cheerios?

Here are a few brotha!

Dont go for second best baby! Put the best in ya! ROCK yourself!

There are some good cereals out there devoid of bad ingredients such as (refined white sugar, HFC, Hydrogenated Oils, and other items):

Some Good "base" cereals to "Chill" the mouth with once in a while



1. Steel Cut Oats, Old Fashioned Cut Oats, and Regular Cut Oats (quick cook type), in large containers.

2. Various types of Go Lean Kashi cereals.

3. Fiber-One. (60 calories per 1/2 Cup, and source of fiber)

4. Grape Nuts

GRAPE-NUTS:

Ingredients: WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT FLOUR, WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, SALT, DRIED YEAST, SOY LECITHIN. VITAMINS AND MINERALS: REDUCED IRON, NIACINAMIDE, ZINC OXIDE (SOURCE OF ZINC), VITAMIN B6, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), THIAMIN MONONITRATE (VITAMIN B1), FOLIC ACID, VITAMIN B12, VITAMIN D.

Its devoid of any "added in" sugars, and from what I have read on Lecithin, this is used in many bread products for various reasons, and isnt a bad ingredient.

5. Shredded Wheat and Shredded Wheat and Bran: (NOT SUGAR TOPPED)

POST SHREDDED WHEAT ORIGINAL SPOON SIZE

Ingredients: WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT

TO PRESERVE THE NATURAL WHEAT FLAVOR, BHT IS ADDED TO THE PACKAGING MATERIAL--If you dont like perservatives, dont select this one
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Post Shredded Wheat and Bran

Ingredients: WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT AND WHEAT BRAN.

TO PRESERVE THE NATURAL WHEAT FLAVOR, BHT IS ADDED TO THE PACKAGING MATERIAL. If you dont like perservatives, dont select this one

Both are devoid of any "added in" sugars.

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EDIT: This was a rather interesting find:


Alpen No Sugar Added Cereal

This naturally delicious swiss style cereal has no added sugar or salt and is very low fat. A combination of oats, wheat, barley with raisins and roasted hazelnuts and almonds makes this a healthy alternative for your morning meal.


Alpen No Sugar Added Cereal

Serving size: 2/3 cup servings per container:7

calories:200
total fat:3g
sodium:30mg
potassium: 250mg
total carbohydrate:40g
sugars:7g
protein:7g

Ingredients: rolled oats, whole wheat, raisins, pearled barley, roasted hazelnuts, skim milk powder, whey powder, sliced almonds, malt extract. 14 ounce box


Its good to ChillOut in some fine cereals. ROCK ON!

Chillen

Lets not forget the ole' friggen bad B@stard of all!

Natural Peanut Butter!

Yep.......the King of all butters, baby! My ultimate weakness.

Spead a serving on top a large Brisquit of Shredded Wheat, heat it in the Microwave for a small time, add some low fat milk, and ROCK the mouth.....No wonder I am all messed up...

He, he,

Oh, what ever Chillen

You have to keep your head out of microwaves, dude.

Just look at the ingredients list and nutrition label. Look for a cereal which is made of whole grain, and no more than about 5% of the carbohydrate is sugar.

The old fashioned Cheerios qualifies, but not the newer (sweetened) varieties.

Kashi "Mighty Bites" are my favorite. They have all the taste of kid's cereal with all the goodness of Kashi. They are sweetened with honey, however, so if you have a problem with honey, then I wouldn't suggest them.

The Kashi Go-Lean Crunch is excellent!!

Or get some hot steel cut oats, a little NPB, and a banana, and you take right off! It makes the taste buds, fly! They flat out are busten it up in loven it!

Oh..... he, he


Best regards,


Chillen

Information on Kashi Mighty Bites:

Kashi : Our food : Mighty Bites Cereal, Honey Crunch

Kashi Mighty Bites' primary sweetener is "evaporated cane juice" (sugar), which is the second ingredient. Honey is way down on the ingredients list, though it is not nutritionally significantly different from sugar.

Of the 23g carbohydrates per serving, 5g (22%) is sugar. Not as high as a typical kid's cereal (which is usually around 50% of carbohydrates from sugar), but there are better (lower sugar) choices among whole grain cereals. Among Kashi products, Kashi Puffs and Kashi Pilaf have no added sugar, while Kashi Nuggets has only 6% of carbohydrates from sugar.

Yes, there are some Kashi cereals I dont particularly like, but they do make an awesome variety of cereals to choose from. Its one of the best set to choose from.

ROCK ON!

Everyone!


Chillen

I like Kashi Go Lean cereal. It's really the only cereal I eat. I'll have it with raisins or banana with skim plus milk. Yum!

I love the high protein content of the Kashi cereals, that and the high fiber content is what has me picking it up all the time. I don't like the sugar content but I find it acceptable since this is only a part of my diet.

When I compare the GoLean and the GoLean Crunch to other cereals they fail misreably in the protein and/or fiber areas.

The one problem I have with cereals is that they put too much fiber in it. You can easily get 14-30 grams of fiber from the cereal. Now, if you're not getting enough fiber, that's all fine, but if you're me, you would have painful gas about 9 hours later.

Funny you say that, I have had 2 bowls of Kashi the past 2 days and I can't figure out why i've been gassy...(i know, gross, sorry!)

Back to the topic, Kashi, Shredded Wheat, and Grape Nuts are the only ones I eat. I have a weak spot for cereal and these are about the only ones I have come across that I don't feel bad eating.

Its fun,,,,,,,being gassy! He, he,

I have the same problem with high fiber content foods. When one is already gassy, and eating things that make one even more gassy, things can get pretty explosive around the house.

But I take what I need in fiber, and eat it anyway.

It does the body good when taking the amount needed/reccommended.

Have a great day!

Peace, happiness, and joy, to all!


Chillen

If the 10-12g per serving from Kashi is 40-45% of what's needed in fiber daily, why do you think the cereal is causing your gas problem?

Matter of fact, at 62yrs I am an old fart!