Monday, June 4, 2007
No sugar is best in breakfast cereals
I needed clarification on cereal options this past week so I spoke with a PRISM consultant today and this is what I learned. Cheerios, which has sugar listed as a 3rd ingredient is ok to have on the PRISM diet. It's the 3rd ingredient but it is only a total of 1 gram of sugar per serving. PRISM considers 1-2 grams of sugar per serving in cereal not great, but ok. An example of a cereal not allowed is Kashi's Heart to Heart cereal. With this one, sugar cane is listed as the 3rd ingredient which is one of the allowed sweeteners, but it has 5 grams of it per serving. Too much. So, now on to a cereal I have found which has no sugar. General Mills, Fiber One. It's a sugar free option that's not as bad as it looks in the picture on the box. There are other sugar free options out there so look at the labels and do the best you can. Remember to only do one serving, measure that serving, and count the calories in your journal. -Monica
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The cereal we all love the most and has no sugar at all is Barbara's Shredded Wheat cereal. This brand has quite a few good cereals but this one is especially good (MUCH better than Nabisco we think). Also, Bob's Red Mill steel cut oats is a wonderful hot cereal especially in the winter (we had it this morning). :-)
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