Breakfast Cereal: Which One Do You Choose?

I have the same problem finding a cereal that's actually healthy--so many claim to be but even the "natural" kinds are often full of sodium and sugar.

I usually end up with some sort of "compromise" kind, but don't eat cereal all that often anymore. If anyone's found a great brand I'd love to hear about.

(That said, I have been known to buy the occasional box of Lucky Charms, a favorite treat best kept to about once a year. They truly are Magically Delicious!)

I use my mother's recipe: Oat flakes, rye flakes, flax seeds, sunflower seeds, yeast flakes (B-vitamin), dried wheat sprouts, oats bran and perhaps dried raisins, nuts and almonds (although I'm not sure about the English names...) With that I have yoghurt, and not any fat-free, I want the real taste! but then I take only 1/2 cup, French size ;-) on top of a fruit salad (no, no syrup, only normal fruit). Sometimes I do buy "normal" cereals, but I regard them as sweets, and take only a spoonful for the taste. It is the müsli that makes me satisfied.

No bought müsli or cereals are better than mum's!

I've been on the no flour/no sugar regimen for the past two months and breakfast has been my biggest challenge. I LOVE cereal! I did find some sugar- and flour-free varieties in the natural foods section of the grocery store - a puffed corn, which wasn't bad, and a Kashi puffed-grain thing which is pretty good. Other than that, my breakfast has been either eggs or organic (no sugar added) rice cakes with natural peanut butter (again, no sugar added). It's worked out pretty well.

I've never been a fan of cereal, especially when it comes to the soggy mess at the end of the bowl. I rather eat my 1/2c oatmeal softened with low-fat low-sugar vanilla yogurt with a cup of fresh blueberries/strawberries mixed in. OR...I do the whole grain toast with a smidge of peanut butter and/or jelly.

I love, love, love Kashi cereals. If I still want that old school sugar high from those Lucky Charms or Capt Crunch, I'll pour a little bit in with my high fiber, heart healthy stuff...yum!

My favorite is Fiber One Honey Clusters. It has only 5 grams of sugar, 14 grams of fiber, and it's not too high in calories. Plus - it's a little sweet and doesn't taste like cardboard like the Fiber One twigs.

When I was a kid, my mom told us we could get any cereal where the first three ingredients were not sugar. It couldn't be a tricky name for sugar like corn syrup either. As a kid I learned all the tricks and me and my brother would spent my mom's entire shopping trip in the cereal isle reading the ingredients.
We really could only get like 3 or four cereals in the entire isle.

Like Anne, I feel awesome by eliminating flour and sugar (and dairy and added sodium!) from my daily diet. So, my breakfast is plain oatmeal (no additives)....I've come to look forward to it with my tea and egg whites, and it's super simple. ;)

I eat Kellog's "all-bran buds"

It's delicious but the sering size is so small (1/3 cup)

I have to put my vote out for Raisin Bran.

Tastes delicious, very high in fiber, and best of all, its filling. One bowl and I'm good to go for most of the day, including a late lunch or no lunch at all (maybe just a healthy smoothie).

Not as sweet as other cereals, but I dont have much of a sweet tooth anyways.

Malt-O-Meal makes puffed wheat and puffed rice cereals. Not perfect, but a pretty benign nutritional profile.

Hmm...ok, so I'm boring and a cheapskate and I refuse to spend 3-4 bucks a box on cereal, so I eat oatmeal for breakfast. It's very cheap and it's high in fiber and has no added salt or sugar. I also like Quaker Oat Bran hot cereal.

i dont eat cereal, mostly becuase I've never liked it.
I often have some fruit or fruit salad and yogurt, sometimes whole grain crackers with cream cheese an banana. On the weekends i splurge a little and have scambled orgainic freerange eggs on toast with muchrooms and grilled tomato or a nice omelette with tomato's, peppers, onions and basil. yum!

kashi goLEAN without a doubt! they have a fantastic omega-3 and crunch version available now too. Personally i love the original with vanilla rice dream.

My absolute favorite: Wheatabix (only Organic if you live in the States - not that this is a downside) with a dollop of greek yogurt (my favorite brand is Trader Joe's 2%), a pear or apple on the side, and - if my sweet tooth is being particularly vehement, which is often - a quick drizzle of honey. I always eat it without a spoon, since the yogurt is so thick that it stays put. Plus, it's quick. Breakfast is my favorite meal, but in the morning I'm rarely game to invest more than five minutes in preparation.