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Kellogg's Corn Flakes
swingaleg
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Great aren't they......:D
Over the decades there must have been hundreds of breakfast cereals made.......any decent sized shop probably has a couple of dozen varieties........
But no one has ever bettered the simple Corn Flake.........
a bowl of corn flakes with cold milk..........breakfast cereal perfection !
any other fans ?
you can keep all your processed sugary chocolaty cinnamon and honey this and that with an alphabet of additives........just give me corn flakes !
Over the decades there must have been hundreds of breakfast cereals made.......any decent sized shop probably has a couple of dozen varieties........
But no one has ever bettered the simple Corn Flake.........
a bowl of corn flakes with cold milk..........breakfast cereal perfection !
any other fans ?
you can keep all your processed sugary chocolaty cinnamon and honey this and that with an alphabet of additives........just give me corn flakes !
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They're not all that healthy really. They're fortified with vitamins and minerals because the manufacturing process removes all the natural nutrition from the maize.
What I do mind however is when people opt to eat cereals as a healthy option, and they really think it's healthy if they eat cearals for brekkie instead of say fry ups. If you like eating cereals, go ahead but don't fool yourself thinking you are eating healthier 'cause that's not the case. Same goes for low-fat alternatives of various snacks and drinks.
It's comparative, processed cereals such as cornflakes often (usually) contain too much sugar though not all of them do. They are still much better though than a greasy fry up but certainly not what you would call healthy.
A much better way to get cereals is with muesli and it is very easy to get muesli without added sugar or even make your own up.
Low fat alternatives as you say also often contain extra sugar though this isn't always the case so read the label.
as far as sugar goes......the grams per 100 grams was
Sugar per 100g
28.0g - Fruit and Nut Muesli (Sainsbury)
20.9g - Cheerios
10.0g - Rice Crispies
8.0g - Corn Flakes
4.4g - Weetabix
0.7g - Shredded Wheat
0 - Organic Wheat Bran
note.......these are just the ones I bought, I didn't go around the supermarket checking them
The sugar in the fruit and nut muesli may be from the dried fruit so is not a problem Many mueslis have added sugar so you need to read the label to find out.
This is what is in the Muesli.
Ingredients
Oats (21%), Sultanas (18%), Toasted Wheat Flakes (18%) (Wheat Flakes), Wheat Flakes, Raisins (6%), Dried Apricot (5%) (Apricots, Rice Flour, Preservative: Sulphur Dioxide), Barley Flakes (5%), Chopped Dates (5%) (Date, Rice Flour), Hazelnuts (3.5%), Almond (3.5%), Sunflower Seeds, Dried Apple (2.5%) (Apples, Preservative: Sulphur Dioxide), Coconut (2%).
I prefer weetabix or Shreddies, ok, I prefer the Sainsburys version of them.
Isn't sugar just sugar?
No, the sugar you use at home is processed, it is not natural. Natural sugar while too much is still not good for you, it is believed to be better for you than the stuff you stick on your cornflakes or the stuff they stick on your cornflakes.
Really? According to who?
Well according to all the research evidence. There is a world of difference between eating refined sugars and eating sugars from whole foods, the same can be said of oils where taking the oils in say seeds is much preferable to refined from a bottle.
I was after a link really.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24065788
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21621801
There is lots on the internet but you do need to go for proper studies, there is a lot of nonsense particularly on low carb websites where they either don't give a reference or cherry pick a small part of a larger study.
Thanks for that. Just wanted to check this wasn't another 'aspartame'.
Get yerself down to Asda - they do them under their own label. Result!
They also do something called "chocolate curls" which are just as nice.
Love soggy Rice Crispies too. Though, I much prefer my Frosties crunchie.