What is the best healthy cereal out there?

Question

I love cereal and I'm on a almost all cereal diet. I know a lot of good ones already, but do any of you health fanatics have any favorites?

When I say "best", I mean "best" as in "good for you"

Answer 1

Fiber One (1 fat gr/0 sugar)...and, it tastes good!

Try the Fiber One Diet:
1 bowl of Fiber One cereal 3 x day (breakfast, lunch & dinner) with skim milk (I use fat free Lactaid)
1 tv dinner (400 calories or less) for dinner
Drink 64 ozs water (drink plenty water or the fiber will constipate you)
Exercise 30 minutes each day
Note: This diet keeps you very regular (bms)

Answer 2

The original Kelloggs "All-Bran" is my favourite and in my opinion the best and the healthiest cereal for you out there. It has a very high source of fibre, lots of essential nutrients, no preservatives and is low in saturated and trans fats. I have digestive and bowel problems and believe me I've tried them all. All-Bran really works. A 1/2 cup serving provides 12 g of fibre, which is 48% of your daily value of fibre. I like mixing mine with yogurt (which I love), with some fresh fruit sprinkled on top - a handfull of blueberries, strawberries or bananas; now how healthy is that?

Hey BadGirlGimpy, thanks for the email. Tried to reply, but Yahoo came back with a message that your address couldn't be confirmed for some reason and it wouldn't go through. So, here I am.

I did know All-Bran comes with yogurt, but I love yogurt and prefer the real thing - it's nice and creamy and I can mix everything in it (and I prefer it sometimes instead of milk).

As for servings, I was talking about 1/2 cup serving of All-Bran Original which has 12 grams of fibre, the 1 cup serving has 24 grams of fibre; so thats 10 grams more than the the 1 cup serving of Fiber One cereal.

It sounds like we're having a cereal fight, lol.

Anyway, I will take your advice and give Fiber One a try. It probably tastes better than All-Bran.

All the Best! Go in Yahoo Peace!

Answer 3

The best cereal for your body is oatmeal. Not the quick kind. The one called old fashioned and it only takes 6 min. in the microwave. Try it with a little honey, walnuts and cinnamon. What are you doing for protein? You can't just eat cereal and why would you want to? Do you have a death wish such as slow starvation? If your goal is weight loss you need to find a more sensible plan. Go to prevention.com

Answer 4

Processed cereals should be viewed primarily as a fuel source, because they are a relatively poor source of vitamins, minerals, flavonoids, and other phyochemicals when compared to other plant based foods.Conversely various whole grain hot cereals (no processing other than shucking, rolling, and/or grinding) such as oat bran, oatmeal, and flaxmeal are quite high in both fiber and minerals in addition to their value as a fuel source.

With that in mind, the major considerations for *processed* cereals are, in order of importance:

1) Minimizing simple carbohydrates (sugars)
2) Avoiding transfats
3) Minimizing saturated fat
4) Choosing highest ratio of fiber to calories
5) Choosing whole grains (high bran content; for minerals)
6) Choosing sprouted grains (greater mineral bioavailability)
7) Choosing organicly grown and processed

The following processed cereals in both groups have zero transfat and little or no saturated fat:

All of the processed cereals in this first group have very low sugar content compared to most cereals, but the higher the rank, the lower the sugar content (grams sugar per grams serving):

1) Kellogg's 'All Bran' (zero)
1) General Mills 'Fiber One' (zero)
1) Food for Life 'Ezekiel 4:9 Original' (zero)
4) FlaxSnax Cinnamon Granola (0.02)
5) Albertson's 'Nutty Nuggets' (0.06)
6) General Mills 'Fiber One Honey Nut Clusters' (0.09)
7) Nature's Path 'Heritage Multi-Grain' (0.13)
8) Back to Nature 'Banana Nut Multi-Bran' (0.18)
9) Barbara's Bakery 'Puffins' (0.19)
10) Peace Cereal 'Organic Essential 10' (0.20)

All of the processed cereals in this second group have high fiber content compared to most cereals, but the higher the rank, the higher the fiber content (grams fiber per calorie) :

1) Kellogg's 'All Bran' (0.26)
2) General Mills 'Fiber One' (0.23)
3) Back to Nature 'Banana Nut Multi-Bran' (0.09)
4) General Mills 'Fiber One Honey Nut Clusters' (0.08)
5) Nature's Path 'Heritage Multi-Grain' (0.06)
6) Barbara's Bakery 'Puffins' (0.06)
7) Nature's Path 'Organic Optimum Zen' (0.05)
8) Peace Cereal 'Organic Essential 10' (0.05)
9) Kashi 'Go Lean Crunch' (0.04)
10) Food for Life 'Ezekiel 4:9 Original' (0.03)

Answer 5

Granolas are great. Bran cereals are great. Porridge is making a comeback, (oatmeal and cream of wheat .... eat with brown sugar, cinnamon and milk ... yum). I would check the sodium and sugar content before I buy anything more.

Answer 6

Hill Country Fare Toasted Oats (HEB brand Cheerios) with a cup of fresh (read: home-roasted) coffee.

Answer 7

100 percent quaker oatmeal. Actually none are GOOD for you for they are all processed with chemicals. It is just that some are less bad for you.

Answer 8

I love Special K (Vanilla and Almond are the best)

Answer 9

the ones with whole grain and on commericials(if they are true), and low sugar. oatmeal is good too.

Answer 10

the best tasting one is Honey Buches of Oats!