Comments on: What’s your opinion of the “Total” cereal? http://naturalcureforkidneystones.net/783/whats-your-opinion-of-the-total-cereal/ Dissolve and pass your kidney stones pain free Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:07:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: resistnzisfutl http://naturalcureforkidneystones.net/783/whats-your-opinion-of-the-total-cereal/comment-page-1/#comment-4085 resistnzisfutl Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:25:57 +0000 http://naturalcureforkidneystones.net/783/whats-your-opinion-of-the-total-cereal/#comment-4085 Most dry cereals are highly processed and not healthy. Unfortunately, good ingredients don't negate the presence of bad ones. Most "healthy" cereals are marketed as such and highlight the good aspects, but of course keep silent about the bad stuff. Here's an ingredient listing of Total: Whole grain wheat, sugar, calcium carbonate, corn syrup, salt lactose, distilled monoglycerides, vitamin C (sodium ascorbate), zinc and iron (mineral nutrients), vitamin E (tocopheryl acetate), niacinamide, calcium pantothenate, annatto extract color, vitamin B6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin B1 (thiamin mononitrate), folic acid, vitamin A (Palmitate), vitamin B12, and vitamin D. Freshness is preserved by BHT, a synthetic antioxidant (preservative). Look at the second and fourth ingredients, primary ingredients being sugar - it's like you're eating a bowl of sugar and processed chemicals. It's also loaded with chemicals and preservatives. Those should be of much greater concern than the vitamin/mineral content. Of course, you cannot find the ingredient listing on their website, just basic nutritional info that of course outlines how many vitamins and minerals it has, and I suspect there's a reason for this: http://www.totalcereal.com/goodness_i.aspx?11 I suggest instead having a good bowl of oatmeal, the whole kind (not the packaged kind) and get a decent multi-vitamin/mineral. You can find some actual healthier dry cereals but they can be hard to find, you just have to keep a close eye on what is in them and where they come from. As for getting an excess of vitamins and minerals, most of these are excreted anyway. Those who have problems with their body processing micronutrients typically already have a poor diet or pre-existing health problems - healthy people usually do not tend to have issues. Most dry cereals are highly processed and not healthy. Unfortunately, good ingredients don’t negate the presence of bad ones. Most "healthy" cereals are marketed as such and highlight the good aspects, but of course keep silent about the bad stuff. Here’s an ingredient listing of Total:

Whole grain wheat, sugar, calcium carbonate, corn syrup, salt lactose, distilled monoglycerides, vitamin C (sodium ascorbate), zinc and iron (mineral nutrients), vitamin E (tocopheryl acetate), niacinamide, calcium pantothenate, annatto extract color, vitamin B6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin B1 (thiamin mononitrate), folic acid, vitamin A (Palmitate), vitamin B12, and vitamin D. Freshness is preserved by BHT, a synthetic antioxidant (preservative).

Look at the second and fourth ingredients, primary ingredients being sugar – it’s like you’re eating a bowl of sugar and processed chemicals. It’s also loaded with chemicals and preservatives. Those should be of much greater concern than the vitamin/mineral content. Of course, you cannot find the ingredient listing on their website, just basic nutritional info that of course outlines how many vitamins and minerals it has, and I suspect there’s a reason for this:

http://www.totalcereal.com/goodness_i.aspx?11

I suggest instead having a good bowl of oatmeal, the whole kind (not the packaged kind) and get a decent multi-vitamin/mineral. You can find some actual healthier dry cereals but they can be hard to find, you just have to keep a close eye on what is in them and where they come from.

As for getting an excess of vitamins and minerals, most of these are excreted anyway. Those who have problems with their body processing micronutrients typically already have a poor diet or pre-existing health problems – healthy people usually do not tend to have issues.

]]> By: MJ http://naturalcureforkidneystones.net/783/whats-your-opinion-of-the-total-cereal/comment-page-1/#comment-4086 MJ Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:25:57 +0000 http://naturalcureforkidneystones.net/783/whats-your-opinion-of-the-total-cereal/#comment-4086 It isn't risky unless you are consuming around 100 times the daily recommended amount (with the exception of iron which you chouldn't go over by much). I personally think they taste like cornflakes but I am not paying three times the amount for cornflakes for added vitamins that I know I get already. It isn’t risky unless you are consuming around 100 times the daily recommended amount (with the exception of iron which you chouldn’t go over by much). I personally think they taste like cornflakes but I am not paying three times the amount for cornflakes for added vitamins that I know I get already.

]]> By: Rachel http://naturalcureforkidneystones.net/783/whats-your-opinion-of-the-total-cereal/comment-page-1/#comment-4087 Rachel Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:25:57 +0000 http://naturalcureforkidneystones.net/783/whats-your-opinion-of-the-total-cereal/#comment-4087 Its ok to go over the daily requirents but nothing huge. But make sure those are daily requirements for your calorie level because those are for 2000 calories a day and if thats what you do, than thats your requirement. I dont think Total tastes that good anyways. Kasi is good! Its ok to go over the daily requirents but nothing huge. But make sure those are daily requirements for your calorie level because those are for 2000 calories a day and if thats what you do, than thats your requirement.
I dont think Total tastes that good anyways. Kasi is good!

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