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The good and the bad cereals.

Monday, May 21, 2012

SparkPeople had a blog that listed the 10 best and 10 worst breakfast cereals.

www.dailyspark.com/blog.
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reals_you_should_be_eating


The Best

Post Spoon Size Shredded Wheat - Straw
Kashi 7 Whole Grain Puffs - Styrofoam
Kellogg's Unfrosted Mini Wheat Bites - Straw
Uncle Sam Flakes - Soggy
Fiber One - Original - Make you fart, no flavor
Nature's Path Synergy 8 Cereal - Never tried it, but I would bet ....
Weetabix - A whole bale of straw
Kellogg's All-Bran Original - These will make you poop ... very soon
Cascadian Farms Multigrain Squares - More straw
General Mill's Cheerios - I don't know about you, but these make me poop. These almost have flavor.

The Worst:

Kellogg's Froot Loops
General Mills Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Kellogg's Corn Pops
General Mills Lucky Charms
General Mills Reese's Puffs
Kellogg's Choconilla Cocoa Krispies
Kellogg's Special K Blueberry
Kellogg's Special K Chocolatey Delight
Belgo & Bellas YogActive Chocolatey Pillows
Quaker Cap'N Crunch Berries

Kellogg's doesn't quite have a monopoly here, but ... aw c'mon ... my faves are number 2 and 3. And Cinnamon Toast Crunch! I love Cinnamon Toast Crunch. And the Box says it has a shirtload of whole grain goodness (See? Right there on the label "It must be good for you because we put in a whole shirtload of whole grain goodness in every spoonful.")

And and and It's just about my favorite cereal on the entire blog.

But NOOOOOOO. They only "good for you" cereals on this list taste like straw. In fact the "best" one IS straw. In fact so are 3, 7, and 9.

And it looks like no matter how blech a cereal tastes, if you add any kind of confection to it, it goes on the bad list. Special K with blueberry and with Chocolaty Delight are bad cereals, just above Chocolatey Pillows (get me some of those!) and the ever lovin' Cap'N Crunch Berries.

Oh well. I can save the Cinnamon Toast Crunch for a treat.
This makes me very sad indeed.


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OKIE_NANA 7/21/2012 2:00PM

  Except for Cheerios, I can't tolerate any healthy cereals. I do enjoy adding berries, banana, yogurt, nuts or something else to the Cheerios. Because of the sugar content, I get sick when I eat a 'bad' cereal. Fruit Loops are the exception, probably because they are like Trix which I have always enjoyed.

My breakfast go to has become Nutri-grain waffles. Don't tell me where they fit on the best and worst lists. emoticon

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BLUE42DOWN 5/22/2012 4:31PM

    I do like shredded wheat, but no list of bests and worsts will ever make me give up my FROSTED mini wheats. My favorite "cereal" these days is actually a granola (Open Nature Dark Chocolate Hazelnut Heaven). Obviously I don't care about the sugar hate.

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DEBBYFROMMT 5/22/2012 9:55AM

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MARATHONDAD 5/22/2012 8:40AM

    great blog surprised about the blueberry special k but I love toast crunch also lol

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DIET-DELIGHT 5/22/2012 12:18AM

    LOL -- I had a good laugh.

But I LIKE shredded wheat. I never eat it though. I was brought up with things like Cheerios; Rice Krispies; Shredded Wheat; Wheat, Rice, and Corn Chex; Maypo; and Oatmeal. Sugar cereals were allowed on vacation when we rented a cabin, and on our birthdays -- same for sodas. But I was allowed to put sugar in my cereal, and I put a lot, so I'm thinking I actually got more sugar, but at least I got more whole grains, too. LOL.

I buy Kashi GoLean -- lots of fiber and protein and it's a good price at Trader Joe's. I eat it with 1% milk, a packet of Splenda, and some strawberries or blueberries. I also like cracked 9-grain hot cereal mix: Hard Red Wheat, Soft White Wheat, Barley, Rye, Oats, Cornmeal, Millet, Buckwheat and Flax Seeds. I eat that with strawberries or blueberries and a packet of Splenda, too.

But most of the time I have a green smoothie (half granny smith apple, 3 celery stalks, 2 carrots, cup frozen spinach, 1/2 cup plain kefir, protein powder, flax meal, metamucil, cinnamon, and cocoa), or an omelet made of 1 whole egg, and 2 egg whites with veggies, and maybe some goat cheese or parmesan.

Cheers,
Dana in Oakland, CA

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KKINNEA 5/21/2012 11:16PM

    My mOm used to call them "snack cereal" - we could eat any of those as an afternoon snack but not for breakfast. I think we should be able to at least get a little of those as great treats!

I did snort aloud at the judgment of the best cereals - so true!

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