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If not for the added sugar it appears to me that Post Raisin Bran would be approved.

I compared ingredients to Trader Joe's Raisin Bran according to website. They are similar. Exception: Milled sugar in TJ and sugar in Post. I know milled sugar is more nutritious. The sugar grams are 18 and 19. For an occasional snack I would eat Post. Trader Joe not available to me. Post has more sodium too. I am just tired of Cheerios.

I don't think it's just sugar and sodium, but also about how much the grain has been refined.

In the summer, I prefer cold cereals, but even with eating either Shredded Wheat or Bran Flakes, they are more calorie dense and more refined than a whole grain (then there's the added "milk" which is more calories). Dried fruit is also calorie dense (raisins).

When I asked Jeff about cold cereal he replied, "It always depends on ones goals. All dry (cold) cereals are all calorie dense".

HTH!

McDougall approved cereals:

https://www.drmcdougall.com/health/educ ... d-cereals/

Thanks Sidney for reminding me of the weight gain aspect. And also thanks to erntowin for referring to what I found earlier, the approved list where trader Joe's is found. Both of you are correct of course. I stand corrected for my comment.

I've been making my own meusli this summer. My husband has been having plain shredded wheat, to which he adds dried fruit. The kids are eating Cheerios. We get all of this from Aldi, and use unsweetened original almond milk to top. It's starting to get cool in the mornings here, so we'll be switching to steel cut oats and frozen berries for breakfast soon.

I've decided, after comparing Cascadia Raisin Bran to my Post Raisin Bran plus the fact that I weigh only 100 pounds at 5 feet 6 to just eat it! For evening snacks, that is. I will keep eating oatmeal, raisins, walnuts for breakfast.

Whole grain cereals for cardiovascular disease - what is the evidence?
https://twitter.com/CochraneUK/status/903860143636574208
https://twitter.com/cochrane_nz/status/903359291704430592
http://www.cochrane.org/CD005051/VASC_whole-grain-cereals-cardiovascular-disease

Whole grain cereals for the primary or secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease
http://sci-hub.cc/10.1002/14651858.CD005051.pub3
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD005051.pub3/abstract

I wonder if they're talking about whole grains like the ones on the right?

http://www.plantifulhealth.com/whole-grains-are-causing-the-obesity-epidemic/

Quinda wrote:I've decided, after comparing Cascadia Raisin Bran to my Post Raisin Bran plus the fact that I weigh only 100 pounds at 5 feet 6 to just eat it! For evening snacks, that is. I will keep eating oatmeal, raisins, walnuts for breakfast.

What is great is you won't be eating it with cow's milk:) How great is that? That makes a huge difference. Oatmeal is really the best as a basic because you can eat it as cereal or in cookies, or Jeff Novick's Basic burgers.

In using walnuts and raisins, a recipe I like is with apples, is too cut the apple up in small pieces, then steam it with the raisins, then add crushed walnuts with cinnamon. It taste just like apple pie. Dr. McDougall shares Ann Esselstyn's Walnut Dressing: https://www.drmcdougall.com/pdf/mmi_lesson_07.pdf

Aloha, patty

Thank you so much Patty.