Good high fiber, low sugar cereals??

[Anonymous]

Our pediatrician recommended getting Kashi cereal to feed the kids - but realized they still have 6 g of sugar. Pedi was negative toward cheerios & the multigrain waffles with the sesame street characters on it. Need something my picky eater will eat & like. Help please!!

[Anonymous]

Wait really? I have been under the illusion this whole time that Cheerios were healthy. Why doesn't the ped like them?

[Anonymous]

she said too much sugar not enough fiber

[Anonymous]

Regular Cheerios have almost no sugar. The multi grain Cheerios have icing on them.

[Anonymous]

Regular cheerios have very low sugar but also low fiber. We also like kashi cereals - in particular the ones that are like frosted miniwheats except they are not frosted, instead there is some sugar sprinkled into the squares, so the sugar content is not very high (it comes in flavors like autumn wheat and island vanilla) - those have a good amount of fiber and you recognize most ingredients which is more than you can say for many cereals nowadays. It is hard because often sugar is used in fiber cereals to make them more palatable.

[Anonymous]

Puffins are pretty good. It's hard to find stuff with almost no sugar, once your rule out plain Cheerios. You could make your own oatmeal and up the fiber with chia and flax in it. I think your pediatrician is too picky. I had always heard that under 10 g. of sugar per serving is okay. Kids burn a lot of sugar -- so long as they're also getting lots of protein and fiber, I feel like some sugar is okay.
I do feel like there's almost no middle ground between the kale/quinoa crowd and the Doritos/Ho-Ho's crowd.

[Anonymous]

You know, after going Paleo myself, I don't give my children cereal every morning, normally about 2 mornings a week. Mainly because they are growing boys and are hungry all the time. Listening to my own body, I realize that Protein is what keeps me full and energized. We do the following quite often:

Omlettes
Hard boiled Eggs
Whole Milk Yogurt with frozen fruit
Steel Cut oats (topped with butter, whole milk, cinnamon, raisins and a little brown sugar)
Bacon (lots of bacon)
homemade egg mcmuffin sandwiches

When we do cereal, it is normally the plain cheerios and I out banana slices in for sweetener. However, they always have to have some protein on the side. My one son is very hyper and I see a big difference in behavior when he has a carb fueled breakfast vs something protein.

[Anonymous]

Thanks. I realized shopping today that the Kashi brand did have a cheerios like product has 9 g of dietary fiber - which was competitive with the kale/quinoa type options. I must have looked at 30 cereal options at whole foods & it is remarkable how many have low dietary fiber content. I'm willing to trade of a little sugar for good fiber I guess. Will try eggs more often for breakfast too - we end up doing them as a dinner food with 4yo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You know, after going Paleo myself, I don't give my children cereal every morning, normally about 2 mornings a week. Mainly because they are growing boys and are hungry all the time. Listening to my own body, I realize that Protein is what keeps me full and energized. We do the following quite often:

Omlettes
Hard boiled Eggs
Whole Milk Yogurt with frozen fruit
Steel Cut oats (topped with butter, whole milk, cinnamon, raisins and a little brown sugar)
Bacon (lots of bacon)
homemade egg mcmuffin sandwiches

When we do cereal, it is normally the plain cheerios and I out banana slices in for sweetener. However, they always have to have some protein on the side. My one son is very hyper and I see a big difference in behavior when he has a carb fueled breakfast vs something protein.

I'm going to take a lesson from that thread about unwanted parenting advice and good responses:

OK, interesting!

[little secret eyeroll, and now back to the thread on cereal]

[Anonymous]

Wheetabix?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You know, after going Paleo myself, I don't give my children cereal every morning, normally about 2 mornings a week. Mainly because they are growing boys and are hungry all the time. Listening to my own body, I realize that Protein is what keeps me full and energized. We do the following quite often:

Omlettes
Hard boiled Eggs
Whole Milk Yogurt with frozen fruit
Steel Cut oats (topped with butter, whole milk, cinnamon, raisins and a little brown sugar)
Bacon (lots of bacon)
homemade egg mcmuffin sandwiches

When we do cereal, it is normally the plain cheerios and I out banana slices in for sweetener. However, they always have to have some protein on the side. My one son is very hyper and I see a big difference in behavior when he has a carb fueled breakfast vs something protein.

I'm going to take a lesson from that thread about unwanted parenting advice and good responses:

OK, interesting!

[little secret eyeroll, and now back to the thread on cereal]

Not the poster you are responding to, but wow, she sure did hit a nerve with you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You know, after going Paleo myself, I don't give my children cereal every morning, normally about 2 mornings a week. Mainly because they are growing boys and are hungry all the time. Listening to my own body, I realize that Protein is what keeps me full and energized. We do the following quite often:

Omlettes
Hard boiled Eggs
Whole Milk Yogurt with frozen fruit
Steel Cut oats (topped with butter, whole milk, cinnamon, raisins and a little brown sugar)
Bacon (lots of bacon)
homemade egg mcmuffin sandwiches

When we do cereal, it is normally the plain cheerios and I out banana slices in for sweetener. However, they always have to have some protein on the side. My one son is very hyper and I see a big difference in behavior when he has a carb fueled breakfast vs something protein.

I'm going to take a lesson from that thread about unwanted parenting advice and good responses:

OK, interesting!

[little secret eyeroll, and now back to the thread on cereal]

Not the poster you are responding to, but wow, she sure did hit a nerve with you.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You know, after going Paleo myself, I don't give my children cereal every morning, normally about 2 mornings a week. Mainly because they are growing boys and are hungry all the time. Listening to my own body, I realize that Protein is what keeps me full and energized. We do the following quite often:

Omlettes
Hard boiled Eggs
Whole Milk Yogurt with frozen fruit
Steel Cut oats (topped with butter, whole milk, cinnamon, raisins and a little brown sugar)
Bacon (lots of bacon)
homemade egg mcmuffin sandwiches

When we do cereal, it is normally the plain cheerios and I out banana slices in for sweetener. However, they always have to have some protein on the side. My one son is very hyper and I see a big difference in behavior when he has a carb fueled breakfast vs something protein.

I'm going to take a lesson from that thread about unwanted parenting advice and good responses:

OK, interesting!

[little secret eyeroll, and now back to the thread on cereal]

Not the poster you are responding to, but wow, she sure did hit a nerve with you.

+1

Seriously. This post was fine and I got some ideas.

[Anonymous]

6 grams of sugar isn't that bad if you stay within the serving size. Otherwise, I think you're getting inky steel cut oats served plain territory. I wouldn't let sugar get above 8 or 9 grams, watch the serving size and protein, and mix it up with other breakfast items so the kids aren't getting it everyday.

[Anonymous]

Our kids love Chocolate Fiber One, but sadly, I think they are phasing out the cereal. It is high in fiber (9g) and surprisingly low in sugar (5g).