Everyone knows breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Many people choose to eat cereal in the morning and there are clean options available. You just need to know which ones to look for.
Here's what you DON'T want in your cereal:
- Artificial Food Dyes - Most food dyes are petroleum based. They are linked to obesity, diabetes, behavioral problems, asthma and the top three used food dyes (red 40, yellow 5 and yellow 6) contain cancer causing substances.
- High Fructose Corn Syrup - May be linked to obesity.
- Caramel Color - As stated before, there are four caramel food colorings and two of the four are are made with ammonia.
- Partially Hydrogenated Oils (trans fats) - Raises bad cholesterol and lowers good cholesterol. Linked to diabetes and obesity.
- Butylated Hydroxytoluene (BHT) - A preservative that is possibly linked to cancer.
- Cheerios
- Post Grape Nuts
- Kashi Autumn Wheat
- Kashi Honey Toasted Oat Heart To Heart
- Kashi 7 Whole Grain Flakes
There are also a lot of organic cereal options out there. This is just a basic list so that you can see you do have options.
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