Comments on: Top 10 Healthiest Cereals

By: Answer Seeker

Answer Seeker — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 22:15:02 +0000

Quick question,
What about “Multi Grain Cheerios”? I used to eat Cheerios until I saw that new flavor, I switched immediately. They taste great and they are packed with five different grains, in addition to their already healthy cereal.

By: admin

admin — Sat, 14 May 2011 23:16:48 +0000

I think the cheerios would be slightly better, but honestly I think you would be splitting hairs worrying about that. Instead, if you want to improve that breakfast, I would instead focus on the bagel and cream cheese, neither of which are particularly great for fitness. I think you could justify the bagel because you have just run 4 miles, but the cream cheese is a bit harder to justify if you are trying to eat PERFECTLY. If what you are doing seems to be working, I would just say stick to it, that seems like a reasonable breakfast considering how much you are running. My advice for improving it, however, would be to replace the bagel and cream cheese with a source of lean protein like an egg white omelet or scrambled eggs.

By: Health Nut

Health Nut — Sat, 14 May 2011 13:32:01 +0000

I am a male who is trying to stay healthy, fit, and keep exercising daily regardless of weather conditions. I used to have two fried eggs every morning for breakfast, then I changed it to other types of foods, i.e. Eggo waffles, pancakes, a slice of pie or a couple doughnuts and an iced coffee from Dunkies and I mean it was satisfying my morning appetite but that was about all that would be one. Lately, about the last three years, I have set a strict eating diet that I must stick to every single day. I begin my morning by running, 4 miles then once I return to the house I make my own breakfast every single morning, I have a bowl of Special K cereal topped with pineapples, strawberries, bananas, and blueberries, then I have my bagel + cream cheese, and finally I have a piece of flat bread with a little cream cheese all while I drink my homemade iced coffee.
Here is my question though, I eat Special K, but I’ve read that Cheerios are better for your health, is that true, should I switch over to Cheeerios?

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:19:45 +0000

This is a great resource, however you left out a major point in your criteria. You make no mention of the Sodium level of any of these.
I recently compared a number of cereals for sugar and salt levels. These two surprised me:
Rice Krispies (my childhood fav)had only 4g of sugar but 190 mg of Sodium another that shocked me was Kellogs Corn Flakes (not frosted) 11g sugar and 200mg of Sodium!
For those like myself with blood pressure to consider, sodium levels can be of more concern than 1 or 2 grams of sugar which is ‘easier’ (not easy) to burn off.

Thanks again for the info.

By: bodybuilding

bodybuilding — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 02:22:22 +0000

While these may be the best choices, I still recommend you limite the amout of cereals you eat because gains are not as healthy as the makers of these food product would have you think.

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By: beachbody

beachbody — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:53:50 +0000

Give Chex a good check for me! And now, they have gluten-free products! I never really liked them at first, but with low calories I can;t help but love them! Sometimes I incorporate them in my glazed almond nut recipe. Sugary yet so yummy!

By: I lovecereal!

I lovecereal! — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 07:30:49 +0000

I tried many kinds of Chex, from wheat, rice, corn, cinnamon and honey. And I could say that rice Chex and any rice cereal may be filling for some and not for others. I found that I had to eat at least three 1 cup servings of rice Chex with milk in order to be satisfied (not extremely fully, but enough to stop wanting to eat or think about food.) For wheat Chex, it is quite calorie dense (160 calories per 3/4 cup), and I personally do not eat cereals that has a 3/4 cup serving because those NEVER make me full. Despite wheat Chex being wheat, and tastes like cardboard, I actually have to overeat this one in order to be satisfied also.

The only cereals I found satisfying and eat the actual one serving has been Shredded Wheat, Multigrain Cheerios, Raisin Bran, FiberOne Honey Clusters, FiberOne Caramel Delight, Kashi GoLean Crunch!, Special K red Berries and regular Cheerios.

I find 3/4 cup serving cereals like Honey Nut Cheerios, require much more than just a tiny 3/4 cup to satisfy me.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:19:01 +0000

What about Honey Bunches Of Oaks? Would they be considered a healthy cereal?

By: Jonathon

Jonathon — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 07:45:25 +0000

Dude, you’re crazy. Rice Chex tastes amazing and is the only cereal I can fully enjoy sugarless.