The Best (And Worst) Cereals To Eat Tomorrow Morning
By Cate. Filed in Cooking/Recipes, Products, Recommendations
I’ve subscribed to the “Eat This, Not That” e-mail updates, and just recently received one that struck close to home.
It’s a section of their site listing the “Best and Worst Cereals” to eat.
With a teenaged son and two pre-pubescent girls in the house, we go through literally boxes of cereal a week. My husband and I also eat cereal pretty much every morning.
While I wish the kids would eat All-Bran willingly (with enthusiasm), the reality is that’s NEVER going to happen. So I usually seek to buy them cereals that contain some fiber, and contain relatively few sugars, artifical flavors and colors.
So, when this list came out, I rushed to see where our favorite cereals landed:
http://eatthis.womenshealthmag.com/slideshow/great-cereal-spectrum
Interestingly, the list goes from #24, which is the best cereal, to #1, which is the worst. Kind of counter-intuitive, in my opinion.
Our favorite Maple and Brown Sugar Mini-Wheats was #12, halfway on the list. So we’ll keep eating it. As for the kids, I think Kix and Cheerios are their best bets.
You may be surprised at some of the cereals normally touted as “healthy”. Their sugar content is not only un-healthy, but will cause you to gain weight instead of lose weight.
If you have any favorite cereals you’ve discovered that are (or aren’t) on the list, write to me at cate AT realpeopledontdiet.com and let me know.
(I’ve recently found “Mom’s Best” natural cereals at Wal-Mart supercenters. My kids like the Toasted Cinnamon Squares. The cereals are inexpensive, and pretty healthy, to boot.)
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