Not exact matches
Rice and Eggs is not only simple to make, but it is
much healthier than eating
sugar packed
cereal, pop tarts, or a nutri - grain bar in the morning.
-- I used only 1/4 cup of maple syrup, no brown
sugar (I tasted the batter and it seemed sweet enough, but in hindsight I definitely cut the
sugar a bit too
much)-- Used 1 cup white flour + 1/2 cup millet flour — I subbed 1/4 cup dry Wheatena
cereal for the millet.
The problem is that claims such as «no artificial colours or flavours», «contains wholegrain», «added vitamin and minerals», «source of fibre» and «99 % fat free» are masking a
cereal that's fibre - flimsy, contains too
much salt, too
much sugar or all of the above.
I love how you can control the
sugar because all those granola bars and
cereal bars have way too
much.
Even with a bit of cocoa and sweetener, this breakfast «
cereal» is still
much more nutritious than the
sugar - packed, processed and refined cardboard - box brands in the supermarket.
I can't believe I used to have
cereal and milk every day for breakfast growing up — so
much sugar!
They had processed high -
sugar breakfast
cereals (heaven forbid they should actually cook some oatmeal), gallons of fresh milk (because powdered is «icky» and they won't eat it), cheese (that was a luxury we couldn't afford), frozen convenience foods, juice (which is
much less healthy than fruit and expensive relative to nutrients), and soda, candy, donuts, cookies, cracker, ice cream and other treats we couldn't possibly afford.
But if
cereal is your go - to sweet treat, you may be surprised by just how
much sugar you can rack up in a generous sized bowl.
This recipe will keep blood
sugar stable first thing in the morning and keep your family nourished and full
much longer than a bowl of
cereal!
Beware of commercial grains and pre-made
cereals, pastas and bread — unless they're sprouted or fermented, you're not getting the full benefit of the complex carbohydrates you're taking in — not to mention the refining process most grains undergo strips them of
much of their fiber and natural nutrients, causing our blood
sugar to spike when we consume them.
Even foods that are often considered healthy like granola, low fat yogurt and breakfast
cereals all have so
much added
sugar they're more like soda than health food.
This means that wheat - based foods such as breads, bagels,
cereals, muffins, and other baked goods often cause
MUCH higher blood
sugar levels than most other carbohydrate sources.
The highly processed quick oats or flavored oat
cereals are
much less nutritious, and are usually loaded with
sugar.
I started to have
cereal and milk every morning and ate without paying
much attention to the nutritional values in foods; at one point, I was even proud of my invention of mixing
cereal and salsa - packed with
sugar and preservatives - and treated it as a snack.
So even if you think you're not eating
much sugar, think again: whether in a gas station store or Whole Foods, almost all bread,
cereal, rolls, muffins, pasta, noodles, bagels, rice cakes, and foods made with refined flours are just
sugar.
Many adult
cereals contain just as
much sugar per cup, giving you up to 100 extra calories in your breakfast.
They still fall into the «carbohydrate /
sugar» category but are
much more nutritious then eating baked goods and
cereals.
They consume more protein and avoid dairy products, refined
sugars,
cereal grains and
much more.
Remember that the starches in wheat, corn, or a bowl of rice
cereal break down quickly in your body into
SUGAR and immediately do as much harm to your blood sugar regulation system as if you ate 40 - 60 grams of pure corn syrup or pure table s
SUGAR and immediately do as
much harm to your blood
sugar regulation system as if you ate 40 - 60 grams of pure corn syrup or pure table s
sugar regulation system as if you ate 40 - 60 grams of pure corn syrup or pure table
sugarsugar.
And rice - based
cereals (krispies, etc) aren't
much better, as they cause just as high of a blood
sugar spike as pure table
sugar... Ouch!
Today, these staples have been largely replaced with refined
sugar, high fructose corn syrup,
cereal, bread, potatoes and pasteurized milk products... and a
much narrower selection of fruits, vegetables, roots and nuts.
Besides the obvious cakes, chocolate, sweets etc,
sugar is added to yogurts, «healthy» fruit smoothies and juices, bread, pasta sauces, ketchup and other condiments, fast food,
cereals, frozen foods and
much more.
When you eliminate foods that have been through processing (like breakfast
cereal or chips), foods with artificial colorings, additives, and preservatives, and foods laden with industrialized fats and too
much sugar, you are already on solid ground nutritionally.
Processed carbs like
cereal and milk = too
much sugar = frantic restless tiger.
... highly processed [refined grain, for example,] rice
cereal [so
much for those going gluten - free and choosing Cheerios] and table
sugar may taste different, but below the neck they both cause metabolic problems.
Let's continually look forward to a day where we can devour fried foods, high - carb
cereals, breads,
sugars, jelly filled Krispy Kremes, hot chocoloate chip cookies, syrup drenched pancakes or a James Brownie Funkie Jackhammer (where I live, it doesn't get
much better than that one).
As I was racking my brain for what would make them soggy -LCB- too
much pumpkin, not enough
sugar, not enough
cereal,...? -RCB-
However, because
much of the
sugars that we consume are «hidden» in processed foods such as soup, bread, ketchup, yogurt,
cereal, and many, many more, it can be challenging to meet this requirement.
Jake, in addition to the blood
sugar issue that grain /
cereals can create (way to
much glucose entering the blood stream) it would be very interesting to see people's reaction in regards to seeing what occurs with their body temperature and pulse rate, i think those two markers can also provide a very good insight on how well or badly a person is reacting to grains /
cereals, mainly oats in this case.
I'm
much less sensitive to carbs at lunch and dinner than I am at breakfast, but ironically most traditional breakfast foods are high in
sugar and starch (pancakes / waffles,
cereal, fruit, toast, juice).
«Unsurprisingly, with all the added
sugar and salt that makes
cereal taste so good, many people eat
much more than the recommended portions.»
Many of my clients used to have a huge portion of
cereal or granola then add yoghurt, fruit and honey — which is too
much of a
sugar overload.»