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Posted by Chelsea on February 26, 2008
Each morning, my son drinks milk and eats dry cereal and fruit for breakfast. He LOVES it. Every now and then, I try to give him eggs, yogurt, and other stuff, but he always wants the cereal. Fine. Pick your battles, right?
Normally, I give him a blend - Kashi Go Lean, Joe’s O’s from Trader Joe’s and some organic Raisin Bran called Peace Cereal (I know, I know, I am sorta obsessed with the organic - not to mention the Liberal- thing). Needless to say, he has a healthy digestive system.
Today, I received a press release about the toxicity of certain breakfast cereals. Naturally, I immediately freaked out.
The info in the release is taken from a book written by Christopher Ramsden, MD, the author of a new book, Nutrition by the Numbers ($18.95, theNQI.com), which introduces the NQI, a food rating system that provides a simple way to determine if a food will prevent or lead to the seven most common US diseases: heart disease, cancer, obesity, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, arthritis, and depression. Here it is:
Choosing a healthy cereal can be confusing. Labels such as “heart healthy,” “whole grain,” and “all natural” can be deceptive and really don’t tell much about the nutritional value of a cereal. One way to tell which cereals are the good guys and which are the villains is to use the Nutritional Quality Index (www.NQI.com), a new rating system that ranks the relative overall health value of individual foods. The NQI rating, ranging from -10 (toxic) to 0 (neutral) to +10 (exceptional), takes into account fifteen key dietary molecular components that scientists now know have a direct impact on the development or prevention of disease.
Based on scientific analysis of 233 American cereals, below is a list of 10 great and 10 harmful cereals.
10 Super Cereals
These cereals contain plentiful amounts of ingredients that can play a significant role in preventing diseases.
NQI Ranking Brand and Name
+10 Kellogg’s All-Bran Original
+10 Post 100% Bran
+9 Barbara’s Organic Grain Shop
+9 Kashi Go Lean
+8 Nature’s Path Flax Plus Flakes O-3
+7 Kashi Good Friends
+7 Weight Watchers Banana Almond Medley
+6 Back to Nature Heart Basics Flax and Fiber Crunch
+6 U.S. Mills Uncle Sam with Mixed Berries
+5 Weight Watchers Cinnamon Cluster Crunch
10 Unhealthy Cereals
You should avoid feeding these cereals to your family, because they contain too many ingredients that have been shown to cause disease.
NQI Ranking Brand and Name
-4 U.S. Mills Erewhon Crispy Brown Rice Original
-4 Barbara’s Bakery Organic Wild Puffs Cocoa
-4 Kashi Organic Promise Strawberry Fields
-4 General Mills Lucky Charms
-5 General Mills Rice Chex
-6 Kellogg’s Rice Krispies
-7 Post Honey Bunches of Oats with Almonds
-9 Kellogg’s Cocoa Krispies
-9 Kellogg’s Froot Loops
-10 Cap’n Crunch Crunchberries
Not so much of a shock that Froot Loops, Cocoa Krispies and Cap’n Crunch are on the list - isn’t everything that tastes that good total crap for your bod? The Kashi on the “bad” list, though….that shocked me. Thank God my son’s Kashi Go Lean is still OK.
Beware of what you put in your (or your kid’s) bowl…..
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Ummm…right now I have 3 of the BAD cereals in my pantry!<BR>Crap.
Oh dear….looks like no more Froot Loops for my kids (or me)! This was really good information, though - thanks a lot for posting this.
Any idea where cheerios measure out? I couldn’t find the list of cereals on the web that you referred to.
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The info in this post is in his book - for more info on the book, you can click on the link in the post!
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I have found that eating certain cereals causes my mouth to go numb for several hours, if not the majority of the day. The main culprit is Cheerios, but others also do it as well. I’ve been told that it could have something to do with the gluten in certain cereals, but I’m not certain. Before I go see a doctor about it, what could be the cause?
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