How To Choose A Healthy Breakfast Cereal

Of course it’s always better to eat unprocessed foods like Oatmeal with Nuts or raisins in it or eggs with vegetables… but that’s not why I decided to make this!

It’s very clear that the breakfast cereal companies will always choose to put up misleading information on the front of their boxes.

They will claim one thing and then it turns out to be another, who would have thought it would get so political (aka the lies)

I think the worse thing of all though is the young children who are marketed to, with these sugary boxes of nutritional nothingness.

They always seem to have cartoon characters & bright colours to lure them in, which leads to them nagging their parents to put it in the shopping cart.

Which is why I think it’s important to make better choices when looking to purchase breakfast cereals. What’s one more child who’s become obese or ends up with type two diabetes to them?

But if it is your child I am sure it will mean something to you, so without further ado here are those tips.

 

Sugar KARIMDAVID.COM

 

Limit Sugar Aim to choose a breakfast cereal that contains less than 5g of sugar per serving (Read the food label).

Which of course will tell you how much sugar it contains.

 

 

HIGH FIBER KARIMDAVID.COM

High fibre- Breakfast cereals that contain at least 3g of fibre are excellent choice.

What you’ll find though when you become more observant, is that there are loads of

“ High in fibre cereals” that have way more than just 3g, which is optimal.

 

 

WOMAN READING THE FOOD LABEL KARIMDAVID.COM

Read The Ingredient List- Ignore the health claims on the front of the box, and you make sure to check the ingredient list yourself.

The first two or three ingredients are the most important, as the product contains the most of these.

However, food manufactures are very sneaky and often use tricks to hide the amount of sugar that’s really in them.

If the sugar is listed in lots of other names then it’s most likely very high in sugar.

DID YOU KNOW? There are 56 other names for sugar (Below) all credit to women’s health.

 

SUGAR NAMES WOMENS HEALTH KARIMDAVID.COM

THAT’S IT!

Making the healthy choice to eat better in the mornings does not have to be stressful.

I really hope this helps you the next time you’re out shopping for cereal!

Of course once again if you have any thoughts or questions then please leave a comment.
Until next time ciao 🙂

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Kevin Schurrle
Kevin Schurrle
8 years ago

I eat 2 servings of All Bran cereal with skim milk which satisfies my daily fibre needs and a black coffee. It takes me all the way to lunch without feeling hungry.

Jason Grant
Jason Grant
8 years ago

Studies have shown that sugar also feeds cancer.

Nicola Poulos
Nicola Poulos
8 years ago

Thank you 🙂

Lee
Lee
8 years ago

I don’t bother with cereals anymore. If I need to eat something for breakfast I’ll have avocado, eggs or nuts. Thanks for all of your work.

Alexis Kofoed
Alexis Kofoed
8 years ago

Ugh, makes me sick! So glad you are sharing this info with the world. Now I have to get my husband to read this – he still eats Frosted Flakes and all kinds of crap…. it’s hard to watch! But he is definitely starting to get on the health wagon with me 🙂

Abu farah
Abu farah
8 years ago

I can’t even imagine how many calories of sugar I’ve been demolishing all these years. I’ve just recently started trying to eat clean which means reading everything. I feel so misled. It makes me angry to think how we are deceived into thinking we are eating healthily.meanwhile we can’t figure out why we are gaining weight!

Elisa Montanez
Elisa Montanez
8 years ago

Thank you, this was pretty helpful! 🙂

Oliviya Sanchez
Oliviya Sanchez
8 years ago

This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you.

Stacey Morgan
Stacey Morgan
8 years ago

Common sense

Andrey Pavelov Boichev
Andrey Pavelov Boichev
8 years ago

i am a cereal fan so thanks for the guidelines. i shall implement them asap 🙂

Andrey Pavelov Boichev
Andrey Pavelov Boichev
8 years ago

thanks for the article.

Judita Dvoraková
Judita Dvoraková
8 years ago

Thanks for posting.

Samuel MacNeachdain
Samuel MacNeachdain
8 years ago

Thanks so much for sharing with us! Good tips!

Ranolfo Coppi
Ranolfo Coppi
8 years ago

Grazie

Joel Landsberger
Joel Landsberger
8 years ago

Good advise. Thank you.

Jeff Williams
Jeff Williams
8 years ago

Always check and choose smart.

Bas Goorman
Bas Goorman
8 years ago

I think this article could have been a bit better if it had mentioned perhaps the top 5 excellent/popular brand named cereals, and or on the other hand a few known GMO cereal products to stay clear of ..

Hector Aiza
Hector Aiza
8 years ago

Good tips; thanks.

Glen Peters
Glen Peters
8 years ago

A healthy breakfast will power you through the day.

Anni Hepner
Anni Hepner
8 years ago

I simply look for and buy cereals high in fiber that still taste good! That’s how I am when it comes to cereals of any kind. Fiber WITH good taste is important to a lot of people–>I don’t think I stand alone in that. Most people know the importance of fiber AND protein.

However, thank you for sharing this information anyway; even though most do not read the labels that closely.

Juvante Tate
Juvante Tate
8 years ago

Why does America put so much sugar in everything?

Atsuko Matsumoto
Atsuko Matsumoto
8 years ago

Must be me,, but I don’t like to mix cereal with yogurt…

Jill marquez
Jill marquez
8 years ago
Reply to  1didieci

Bit of a fan of oatmeal myself – has great staying power and good protein. Thanks for the interesting article.

Qi Xiaodan
Qi Xiaodan
8 years ago
Reply to  1didieci

I make my own 🙂

Yung Xiaoling
Yung Xiaoling
8 years ago
Reply to  1didieci

I love whole traditional porridge or home made muesli, but lately I have added Weet Bix to my menu – I love their new gluten free version made from sorghum – yummy. With chia seeds, hemp seeds and LSA for even more of the good stuff.

Jimmi Nissen
Jimmi Nissen
8 years ago
Reply to  1didieci

Can’t get better than porridge for breakfast, it’s the best. 🙂

Vasin Bhatnagar
Vasin Bhatnagar
8 years ago
Reply to  1didieci

I love Cinnamon Toast Crunch.

Claire Matthews
Claire Matthews
8 years ago
Reply to  1didieci

Grape Nuts.

Wendy Anderson
Wendy Anderson
8 years ago

Eat porridge. Make your own with cinnamon dried fruits half milk half water. Add a little honey. Nothing better!

Robel Nataye Barnabas
Robel Nataye Barnabas
8 years ago

I only know of two cereals with no added sugar.

Uncle Sam, ingredients Whole Wheat Kernals,Whole Flaxseed, Salt, Barley Malt,

Shreaded Wheat.

Vyasa Arya
Vyasa Arya
8 years ago

I rarely eat cereal, but when I do:

COCOA PUFFS!!

Magic in a box.

Giles Ballis
Giles Ballis
8 years ago

Mulesi

Ambrosine Kellis
Ambrosine Kellis
8 years ago

Special K

Přemysl Cerný
Přemysl Cerný
8 years ago

I like my lucky charms, but now its more of a desert item.

Suelita Vera
Suelita Vera
8 years ago

Kashi GoLean
Kashi Heart to Heart
Jumbo Rice Krispies
FiberOne Original
cereal is one of my weaknesses…it’s so hard to stick to one serving!

Jacob Washington
Jacob Washington
8 years ago

Great post Karim. For the first time ever I looked at the ingredients list, and bought healthy.