Grape Nuts?

[SpookCity_USA]

I use to LOVE Grape Nuts, definitely one of my favorite cereals of all time. It reminds me of being a kid and I keep seeing those commercials for the new Grape Nuts Trail Mix Crunch.
My mom bought some a few weeks ago and I tasted a bit, WOW was it good!
It says, "excellent souce of whole grain." I know it has 10 sugars in half a cup, and that is ridiculous, but since I'm on maintenance do you think it could be mixed with a little oat bran or flax seed and be eaten in the morning? I don't think I'd go for the full 1/2 cup without mixing it with something with some substancial fiber.
Anyone here have whole grain cereal in the morning and still been able to maintain nicely?

[cmcole]

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I'd read the ingredients and take it from there, but others may give more intelligent responses.

[not2late]

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I think it depends on your CCML and how your body responds to whole grains and whatever else is in that cereal (which you learned when you went through OWL and Pre-Maintenance). If your CCML can handle those carbs and if your body can handle that kind of carb, then I don't see why you shouldn't be able to eat that during Maintenance...I mean, I'm on OWL and I eat oatmeal for breakfast every so often!

[2big4mysize]

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the added honey as a sweetner so you will need to be careful till you see how you handle honey.

try getting some bran cereal or some other low carb high fiber cereal to to cut the carbs and mixing it with your cereal for more fiber and less digestable carbs. 28 net carbs for 1/2 a cup is a big load. if you are under 100 net carbs for the day. have you seen the allbran or the Fiberone cereals?

Kashi go lean cereal might be a better choice if you can handle the soy taste in it.

you can get sugar free dried fruit to add too.I know I got cans of it from www.honeyvillegrain.com/products/lowcarb.html and if you type in ADBB in the checkout codes you get a discount

[ttdriver]

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Can you stop at 1/2 cup?


Betty

[lawyerchick]

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I eat cereal on maintenance, but I limit it to one measured half cup, and I usually mix it with yogurt or something like that to make it go further. There are a bunch of really good cereals that have far fewer carbs than grape nuts, though. I also recall that they're higher on the glycemic index than a lot of other cereals, so you need to balance them out with a fat so you don't go into sugar shock.

[Heidi3]

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I have had Grapenuts on Greek style yogurt ...did fine
it is like grinding grainly gravel in your mouth!

I don't remember what the box said because as few as I ate the birds got the rest but I think they are just whole grains no sugar added...

I was stunned honey did not trigger me ...I had some a beekeeper gave me and had to taste it ....did fine ..but I am not pushing that ...

sugar is still sugar

[SpookCity_USA]

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Thanks for all the great information everyone!

[Becky Sue]

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I am not on maintance but I just went and got the grapenuts out of my cabinet. DH eats this brand of cereal.
Ingredients are listed
Whole Grain Wheat flour, Wheat Flour, Malted Barley flour, salt, dried yeast. THAT"S IT!
I have read all over the box and no form of sweetner is listed.

[sadie147]

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Saw this on a site today: grape nuts has an very high GI value, you may want to keep that in mind. GI value of 80 according to this..anything over 55 is high:

http://www.prevention.com/article/0,...6-4,00.html#13

[Becky Sue]

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http://www.prevention.com/article/0,...2636-3,00.html

Grapenuts = 67 GI
Grapenut flakes = 80 GI

It is still something to be aware of, grapenuts, both versions are considered high GI, but the regular Grapenuts are much lower GI than the grapenut flakes.

Good to know!
Thanks for the link, Jen

[artgirl7]

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I would be careful, it can be addictive.

I do cerael a couple of time a week. 1/3-1/2 cup of Kashi go lean, or crunch, special k has a protein with 9 carbs and sometime I even go with the weight watchers. All with SF soy milk.

It is a nice break from eggs, sausage and bacon.

I also have used the LC pancakes for a change.

See how you feel afterwards but make sure you measure out your portion size. Cereal is an easy one to over due.

[2big4mysize]

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one thing to remember SpookCity ask about the new Grapenuts Trail mix Crunch
not the grapenuts we all have been seeing for yrs. some folk are answering this topic based on the new cereal and some are answering based on the original grapenuts product which is the source of confusion amoung the posters. this product has the ingredients listed below including the honey brown sugar malted corn and barley syrups as sweetners.


Ingredients: WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, RAISINS, WHEAT BRAN, WHOLE GRAIN ROLLED OATS, BROWN SUGAR, ALMONDS, VEGETABLE OIL (CANOLA OR SUNFLOWER OIL), SALT, RICE FLOUR, HONEY, GLYCERIN, RICE, CORN SYRUP, MALTED CORN AND BARLEY SYRUP, WHEY (FROM MILK), PRUNE JUICE CONCENTRATE, DRIED YEAST, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, BHT ADDED TO PACKAGING MATERIAL TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS. VITAMINS & MINERALS: REDUCED IRON, NIACINAMIDE, ZINC OXIDE (SOURCE OF ZINC), VITAMIN B6, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, THIAMIN MONONITRATE (VITAMIN B1), RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), FOLIC ACID, VITAMIN B12, VITAMIN D.
Size: 17 oz
Upc: 4300001119

Serving Size 48g
Servings per Container about 10
Amount Per Serving Per Serving Entire Pkg Calories170210Calories from Fat2020 %DV* %DV*Total Fat 2g 3 % 0 % <IMG height=1 width=1> Saturated Fat 0g 0 % 0 % <IMG height=1 width=1>Cholesterol 0mg 0 % 0 % <IMG height=1 width=1>Sodium 210mg 9 % 22 % <IMG height=1 width=1>Total Carbohydrate 37g 12 % 25 % <IMG height=1 width=1> Dietary Fiber 5g 20 % 30 % <IMG height=1 width=1> Sugars 9g <IMG height=1 width=1>Protein 4g Vitamin A15 %30 % Vitamin C0 %0 % Calcium0 %15 % Iron90 %90 %


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