Which of these 2 Cereals should I eat? (Harder than I thought)

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  • MommyMeggo
    MommyMeggo Posts: 1,222 Member
    edited March 2016
    jofjltncb6 wrote: »
    MommyMeggo wrote: »
    jofjltncb6 wrote: »
    Jazzykatt wrote: »
    Health and weight loss do not always go hand in hand. Less calories are optimal for weight loss; however, better nutrients are optimal for health. Just stay in your caloric range and try to make smart choices.

    There's a strong argument that it's healthier to be not obese and be short some nutrients than it is to be obese but hitting all your nutritional targets. Sure, it's better to hit both goals, but if I had to choose between the two, being a healthy weight is going to be my obvious preference every time.

    But this is page seven of a "decide between two cereals" thread. WTAF is going on in here???

    Some people like apple jacks.
    Some people think Kashi tastes like animal feed.
    The majority verdict: Kashi for nutrition, AJ for taste
    Choice in cereal = level of maturity.
    Being an adult means your taste buds are no longer infant, child, prepubescent, or adolescent taste buds...therefore "children's food" should undoubtedly taste vile to you.
    Cereal causes cancer.

    My favorite cereal is dry Lucky Charms. I eat all of the cereal first and then enjoy the marshmallows all at once separately.

    Does this say that I'm childish because Lucky Charms? Or adultish because I do my work first and then I get my reward? (I've always wondered about this question. Glad there's finally an MFP thread that will likely answer it for me.)

    Look, I have on good authority heard if you eat a cereal made for children you are very immature with very immature taste buds. Regardless of the fact that you approach your highly-anticipated mastication time with a well thought out plan for maximum enjoyment...its still for a child and your "common sense" should tell you better.

    As adults we must eat All Bran all the time for fear of damaging our reputation and possibly getting cancer.

    ... is the gist of several of these pages.
  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,743 Member
    MommyMeggo wrote: »
    jofjltncb6 wrote: »
    MommyMeggo wrote: »
    jofjltncb6 wrote: »
    Jazzykatt wrote: »
    Health and weight loss do not always go hand in hand. Less calories are optimal for weight loss; however, better nutrients are optimal for health. Just stay in your caloric range and try to make smart choices.

    There's a strong argument that it's healthier to be not obese and be short some nutrients than it is to be obese but hitting all your nutritional targets. Sure, it's better to hit both goals, but if I had to choose between the two, being a healthy weight is going to be my obvious preference every time.

    But this is page seven of a "decide between two cereals" thread. WTAF is going on in here???

    Some people like apple jacks.
    Some people think Kashi tastes like animal feed.
    The majority verdict: Kashi for nutrition, AJ for taste
    Choice in cereal = level of maturity.
    Being an adult means your taste buds are no longer infant, child, prepubescent, or adolescent taste buds...therefore "children's food" should undoubtedly taste vile to you.
    Cereal causes cancer.

    My favorite cereal is dry Lucky Charms. I eat all of the cereal first and then enjoy the marshmallows all at once separately.

    Does this say that I'm childish because Lucky Charms? Or adultish because I do my work first and then I get my reward? (I've always wondered about this question. Glad there's finally an MFP thread that will likely answer it for me.)

    Look, I have on good authority heard if you eat a cereal made for children you are very immature with very immature taste buds. Regardless of the fact that you approach your highly-anticipated mastication time with a well thought out plan for maximum enjoyment...its still for a child and your "common sense" should tell you better.

    As adults we must eat All Bran all the time for fear of damaging our reputation and possibly getting cancer.

    ... is the gist of several of these pages.

    Those pages suck out loud.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,232 Member
    MommyMeggo wrote: »
    jofjltncb6 wrote: »
    MommyMeggo wrote: »
    jofjltncb6 wrote: »
    Jazzykatt wrote: »
    Health and weight loss do not always go hand in hand. Less calories are optimal for weight loss; however, better nutrients are optimal for health. Just stay in your caloric range and try to make smart choices.

    There's a strong argument that it's healthier to be not obese and be short some nutrients than it is to be obese but hitting all your nutritional targets. Sure, it's better to hit both goals, but if I had to choose between the two, being a healthy weight is going to be my obvious preference every time.

    But this is page seven of a "decide between two cereals" thread. WTAF is going on in here???

    Some people like apple jacks.
    Some people think Kashi tastes like animal feed.
    The majority verdict: Kashi for nutrition, AJ for taste
    Choice in cereal = level of maturity.
    Being an adult means your taste buds are no longer infant, child, prepubescent, or adolescent taste buds...therefore "children's food" should undoubtedly taste vile to you.
    Cereal causes cancer.

    My favorite cereal is dry Lucky Charms. I eat all of the cereal first and then enjoy the marshmallows all at once separately.

    Does this say that I'm childish because Lucky Charms? Or adultish because I do my work first and then I get my reward? (I've always wondered about this question. Glad there's finally an MFP thread that will likely answer it for me.)

    Look, I have on good authority heard if you eat a cereal made for children you are very immature with very immature taste buds. Regardless of the fact that you approach your highly-anticipated mastication time with a well thought out plan for maximum enjoyment...its still for a child and your "common sense" should tell you better.

    As adults we must eat All Bran all the time for fear of damaging our reputation and possibly getting cancer.

    ... is the gist of several of these pages.

    Sooooo my Froot Loop Cupcakes recipe would make some people's heads explode with my immaturity?
  • Alyssa_Is_LosingIt
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt Posts: 4,696 Member
    MommyMeggo wrote: »
    jofjltncb6 wrote: »
    MommyMeggo wrote: »
    jofjltncb6 wrote: »
    Jazzykatt wrote: »
    Health and weight loss do not always go hand in hand. Less calories are optimal for weight loss; however, better nutrients are optimal for health. Just stay in your caloric range and try to make smart choices.

    There's a strong argument that it's healthier to be not obese and be short some nutrients than it is to be obese but hitting all your nutritional targets. Sure, it's better to hit both goals, but if I had to choose between the two, being a healthy weight is going to be my obvious preference every time.

    But this is page seven of a "decide between two cereals" thread. WTAF is going on in here???

    Some people like apple jacks.
    Some people think Kashi tastes like animal feed.
    The majority verdict: Kashi for nutrition, AJ for taste
    Choice in cereal = level of maturity.
    Being an adult means your taste buds are no longer infant, child, prepubescent, or adolescent taste buds...therefore "children's food" should undoubtedly taste vile to you.
    Cereal causes cancer.

    My favorite cereal is dry Lucky Charms. I eat all of the cereal first and then enjoy the marshmallows all at once separately.

    Does this say that I'm childish because Lucky Charms? Or adultish because I do my work first and then I get my reward? (I've always wondered about this question. Glad there's finally an MFP thread that will likely answer it for me.)

    Look, I have on good authority heard if you eat a cereal made for children you are very immature with very immature taste buds. Regardless of the fact that you approach your highly-anticipated mastication time with a well thought out plan for maximum enjoyment...its still for a child and your "common sense" should tell you better.

    As adults we must eat All Bran all the time for fear of damaging our reputation and possibly getting cancer.

    ... is the gist of several of these pages.

    Sooooo my Froot Loop Cupcakes recipe would make some people's heads explode with my immaturity?

    AND cancer.
  • I_Will_End_You
    I_Will_End_You Posts: 4,397 Member
    edited March 2016
    MommyMeggo wrote: »
    jofjltncb6 wrote: »
    MommyMeggo wrote: »
    jofjltncb6 wrote: »
    Jazzykatt wrote: »
    Health and weight loss do not always go hand in hand. Less calories are optimal for weight loss; however, better nutrients are optimal for health. Just stay in your caloric range and try to make smart choices.

    There's a strong argument that it's healthier to be not obese and be short some nutrients than it is to be obese but hitting all your nutritional targets. Sure, it's better to hit both goals, but if I had to choose between the two, being a healthy weight is going to be my obvious preference every time.

    But this is page seven of a "decide between two cereals" thread. WTAF is going on in here???

    Some people like apple jacks.
    Some people think Kashi tastes like animal feed.
    The majority verdict: Kashi for nutrition, AJ for taste
    Choice in cereal = level of maturity.
    Being an adult means your taste buds are no longer infant, child, prepubescent, or adolescent taste buds...therefore "children's food" should undoubtedly taste vile to you.
    Cereal causes cancer.

    My favorite cereal is dry Lucky Charms. I eat all of the cereal first and then enjoy the marshmallows all at once separately.

    Does this say that I'm childish because Lucky Charms? Or adultish because I do my work first and then I get my reward? (I've always wondered about this question. Glad there's finally an MFP thread that will likely answer it for me.)

    Look, I have on good authority heard if you eat a cereal made for children you are very immature with very immature taste buds. Regardless of the fact that you approach your highly-anticipated mastication time with a well thought out plan for maximum enjoyment...its still for a child and your "common sense" should tell you better.

    As adults we must eat All Bran all the time for fear of damaging our reputation and possibly getting cancer.

    ... is the gist of several of these pages.

    Sooooo my Froot Loop Cupcakes recipe would make some people's heads explode with my immaturity?

    Immaturity and cancer.

    ETA: too slow.
  • Alyssa_Is_LosingIt
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt Posts: 4,696 Member
    MommyMeggo wrote: »
    jofjltncb6 wrote: »
    MommyMeggo wrote: »
    jofjltncb6 wrote: »
    Jazzykatt wrote: »
    Health and weight loss do not always go hand in hand. Less calories are optimal for weight loss; however, better nutrients are optimal for health. Just stay in your caloric range and try to make smart choices.

    There's a strong argument that it's healthier to be not obese and be short some nutrients than it is to be obese but hitting all your nutritional targets. Sure, it's better to hit both goals, but if I had to choose between the two, being a healthy weight is going to be my obvious preference every time.

    But this is page seven of a "decide between two cereals" thread. WTAF is going on in here???

    Some people like apple jacks.
    Some people think Kashi tastes like animal feed.
    The majority verdict: Kashi for nutrition, AJ for taste
    Choice in cereal = level of maturity.
    Being an adult means your taste buds are no longer infant, child, prepubescent, or adolescent taste buds...therefore "children's food" should undoubtedly taste vile to you.
    Cereal causes cancer.

    My favorite cereal is dry Lucky Charms. I eat all of the cereal first and then enjoy the marshmallows all at once separately.

    Does this say that I'm childish because Lucky Charms? Or adultish because I do my work first and then I get my reward? (I've always wondered about this question. Glad there's finally an MFP thread that will likely answer it for me.)

    Look, I have on good authority heard if you eat a cereal made for children you are very immature with very immature taste buds. Regardless of the fact that you approach your highly-anticipated mastication time with a well thought out plan for maximum enjoyment...its still for a child and your "common sense" should tell you better.

    As adults we must eat All Bran all the time for fear of damaging our reputation and possibly getting cancer.

    ... is the gist of several of these pages.

    Sooooo my Froot Loop Cupcakes recipe would make some people's heads explode with my immaturity?

    Immaturity and cancer.

    ETA: too slow.

    Jinx. I guess you owe me a Coke?

    But not a diet Coke because that will double the cancer.
  • MommyMeggo
    MommyMeggo Posts: 1,222 Member
    MommyMeggo wrote: »
    jofjltncb6 wrote: »
    MommyMeggo wrote: »
    jofjltncb6 wrote: »
    Jazzykatt wrote: »
    Health and weight loss do not always go hand in hand. Less calories are optimal for weight loss; however, better nutrients are optimal for health. Just stay in your caloric range and try to make smart choices.

    There's a strong argument that it's healthier to be not obese and be short some nutrients than it is to be obese but hitting all your nutritional targets. Sure, it's better to hit both goals, but if I had to choose between the two, being a healthy weight is going to be my obvious preference every time.

    But this is page seven of a "decide between two cereals" thread. WTAF is going on in here???

    Some people like apple jacks.
    Some people think Kashi tastes like animal feed.
    The majority verdict: Kashi for nutrition, AJ for taste
    Choice in cereal = level of maturity.
    Being an adult means your taste buds are no longer infant, child, prepubescent, or adolescent taste buds...therefore "children's food" should undoubtedly taste vile to you.
    Cereal causes cancer.

    My favorite cereal is dry Lucky Charms. I eat all of the cereal first and then enjoy the marshmallows all at once separately.

    Does this say that I'm childish because Lucky Charms? Or adultish because I do my work first and then I get my reward? (I've always wondered about this question. Glad there's finally an MFP thread that will likely answer it for me.)

    Look, I have on good authority heard if you eat a cereal made for children you are very immature with very immature taste buds. Regardless of the fact that you approach your highly-anticipated mastication time with a well thought out plan for maximum enjoyment...its still for a child and your "common sense" should tell you better.

    As adults we must eat All Bran all the time for fear of damaging our reputation and possibly getting cancer.

    ... is the gist of several of these pages.

    Sooooo my Froot Loop Cupcakes recipe would make some people's heads explode with my immaturity?

    Correct. It would be an incomprehensible level of immaturity.
    Especially if you lick all the icing off first.

    I wonder what would happen if I ate my Fruit Loops with a color changing spoon....
    o1g3pjxc8lxl.jpg
  • aklinkner823
    aklinkner823 Posts: 2 Member
    Neither. Make overnight oats in your fridge and top them with fresh fruit.
  • CaptainJoy
    CaptainJoy Posts: 257 Member
    Hi there,

    We have individual cereal packets at work and I was trying to decide which to eat.

    Goal: Lose weight (I am counting calories)

    The choice is between Apple Jacks and Kashi's Toasted Oat cereal.
    Obviously common knowledge says the Apple Jacks are bad, but after looking at the nutrition content I am unsure which is better for losing weight?

    Overall it is a pretty trivial question and I know that neither is really "healthy". But I thought this would be a valuable question to pose to the community that could represent the larger scale sugar vs. calories issue.

    Let me know what you think is the best for Losing Weight!


    Kashi's Toasted Oat is better for losing weight. Apple Jacks has unhealthy hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oils included in the ingredients. Kashi doesn't plus it tastes like cardboard. That should kill your tastebuds for the rest of the morning and keep you from snacking. If your goal is weight loss, that should do it.
  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    I don't buy foods with trans fats. That's what the "partially hydrogenated" part of the Apple Jacks ingredient list means. I also avoid artificial colors. Looks like you have an old box as according to the website they are now using tumeric and not yellow dye.

    http://www.kelloggs.com/en_US/kellogg-s-apple-jacks-cereal-product.html

    Kellogg's® Apple Jacks® cereal

    INGREDIENTS: SUGAR, CORN FLOUR BLEND (WHOLE GRAIN YELLOW CORN FLOUR, DEGERMINATED YELLOW CORN FLOUR), WHEAT FLOUR, WHOLE GRAIN OAT FLOUR, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, OAT FIBER, SOLUBLE CORN FIBER, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF VEGETABLE OIL (HYDROGENATED COCONUT, SOYBEAN AND/OR COTTONSEED, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN AND/OR COTTONSEED), SALT, MILLED CORN, DRIED APPLES, APPLE JUICE CONCENTRATE, CORNSTARCH, CINNAMON, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, NATURAL FLAVOR, YELLOW 6, BAKING SODA, TURMERIC EXTRACT COLOR, BLUE 1, RED 40, BHT FOR FRESHNESS. VITAMINS AND MINERALS: VITAMIN C (SODIUM ASCORBATE AND ASCORBIC ACID), NIACINAMIDE, REDUCED IRON, ZINC OXIDE, VITAMIN B6 (PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE), VITAMIN B2 (RIBOFLAVIN), VITAMIN A PALMITATE, VITAMIN B1 (THIAMIN HYDROCHLORIDE), FOLIC ACID, VITAMIN B12, VITAMIN D3.

    So Apple Jacks has Turmeric in it? Isn't that a plus?
  • mangrothian
    mangrothian Posts: 1,351 Member
    MommyMeggo wrote: »
    MommyMeggo wrote: »
    jofjltncb6 wrote: »
    MommyMeggo wrote: »
    jofjltncb6 wrote: »
    Jazzykatt wrote: »
    Health and weight loss do not always go hand in hand. Less calories are optimal for weight loss; however, better nutrients are optimal for health. Just stay in your caloric range and try to make smart choices.

    There's a strong argument that it's healthier to be not obese and be short some nutrients than it is to be obese but hitting all your nutritional targets. Sure, it's better to hit both goals, but if I had to choose between the two, being a healthy weight is going to be my obvious preference every time.

    But this is page seven of a "decide between two cereals" thread. WTAF is going on in here???

    Some people like apple jacks.
    Some people think Kashi tastes like animal feed.
    The majority verdict: Kashi for nutrition, AJ for taste
    Choice in cereal = level of maturity.
    Being an adult means your taste buds are no longer infant, child, prepubescent, or adolescent taste buds...therefore "children's food" should undoubtedly taste vile to you.
    Cereal causes cancer.

    My favorite cereal is dry Lucky Charms. I eat all of the cereal first and then enjoy the marshmallows all at once separately.

    Does this say that I'm childish because Lucky Charms? Or adultish because I do my work first and then I get my reward? (I've always wondered about this question. Glad there's finally an MFP thread that will likely answer it for me.)

    Look, I have on good authority heard if you eat a cereal made for children you are very immature with very immature taste buds. Regardless of the fact that you approach your highly-anticipated mastication time with a well thought out plan for maximum enjoyment...its still for a child and your "common sense" should tell you better.

    As adults we must eat All Bran all the time for fear of damaging our reputation and possibly getting cancer.

    ... is the gist of several of these pages.

    Sooooo my Froot Loop Cupcakes recipe would make some people's heads explode with my immaturity?

    Correct. It would be an incomprehensible level of immaturity.
    Especially if you lick all the icing off first.

    I wonder what would happen if I ate my Fruit Loops with a color changing spoon....
    o1g3pjxc8lxl.jpg

    Or a chocolate spoon that melts as you eat with it...
  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
    kshama2001 wrote: »

    Mercola claims sunscreen is bad simply by virtue of blocking sunlight exposure. That sunlight is prevents heart disease by stimulating nitrous oxide.
    He's also discourage people from getting vaccines for preventable diseases.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    TeaBea wrote: »
    WinoGelato wrote: »
    TeaBea wrote: »
    TeaBea wrote: »
    The winner is neither......My favorite warm cinnamon Kashi

    imp]533_NutritionLabel.jpg

    But that has the exact same calories as the honey kashi.

    I personally like plain cheerios. I did not grow up eating cold cereals so I don't have any nostalgic "taste of childhood" cereal. When I first picked up a cereal to try as an adult it was plain cheerios and it was kind of "imprinted" as the way a cereal is supposed to taste, so anything else tastes weird to me.

    Yes - but she was comparing Apple Jacks (cinnamon & apple flavor) to plain oat cereal. The warm cinnamon Kashi is a more fair comparison to Apple Jacks.

    But yes, the same fiber, protein, etc. as the plain Kashi.

    So you're saying it's like apples and oranges apple jacks and oat cereal?

    Lol!

    Yeah I wouldn't compare plain Cheerios to Apple Jacks either. But, don't get me wrong, I like both.

    What about Apple Cinnamon Cheerios vs Apple Jacks?

    I fecking love Apple Cinnamon Cheerios.

    I forgot about those - Yum!
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    MommyMeggo wrote: »
    jofjltncb6 wrote: »
    MommyMeggo wrote: »
    jofjltncb6 wrote: »
    Jazzykatt wrote: »
    Health and weight loss do not always go hand in hand. Less calories are optimal for weight loss; however, better nutrients are optimal for health. Just stay in your caloric range and try to make smart choices.

    There's a strong argument that it's healthier to be not obese and be short some nutrients than it is to be obese but hitting all your nutritional targets. Sure, it's better to hit both goals, but if I had to choose between the two, being a healthy weight is going to be my obvious preference every time.

    But this is page seven of a "decide between two cereals" thread. WTAF is going on in here???

    Some people like apple jacks.
    Some people think Kashi tastes like animal feed.
    The majority verdict: Kashi for nutrition, AJ for taste
    Choice in cereal = level of maturity.
    Being an adult means your taste buds are no longer infant, child, prepubescent, or adolescent taste buds...therefore "children's food" should undoubtedly taste vile to you.
    Cereal causes cancer.

    My favorite cereal is dry Lucky Charms. I eat all of the cereal first and then enjoy the marshmallows all at once separately.

    Does this say that I'm childish because Lucky Charms? Or adultish because I do my work first and then I get my reward? (I've always wondered about this question. Glad there's finally an MFP thread that will likely answer it for me.)

    Look, I have on good authority heard if you eat a cereal made for children you are very immature with very immature taste buds. Regardless of the fact that you approach your highly-anticipated mastication time with a well thought out plan for maximum enjoyment...its still for a child and your "common sense" should tell you better.

    As adults we must eat All Bran all the time for fear of damaging our reputation and possibly getting cancer.

    ... is the gist of several of these pages.

    Man.

    That's depressing.

    :disappointed:



    Adulting is the worst.

    The literal worst.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    Neither. Make overnight oats in your fridge and top them with fresh fruit.

    Well now.

    Look who's being all Alpha grownup in the cereal thread.

    I suppose next you'll want us all to get off your lawn, huh?
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    "Hey, I have this choice between A or B."
    "Have you tried X instead?"
    "Cancer."
    "Martians."
    "You should really try Q."
    "Cancer."
    "Martians."
    "I would go with C."
    "Cancer."
    "Martians."

    Never change, MFP.
  • MommyMeggo
    MommyMeggo Posts: 1,222 Member
    I think all the children on this thread should wear one of these.
    Immaturity UNITE!

    8379v6uh453g.jpg

  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    MommyMeggo wrote: »
    I think all the children on this thread should wear one of these.
    Immaturity UNITE!

    8379v6uh453g.jpg

    I want one!
  • akoivisto
    akoivisto Posts: 141 Member
    I'd take a bowl of each, and set them on fire. As we all know, 'fire is bad'; which ever one burns longer is the clearly the worst of the two; eat the other knowing you have used science.

    This is combustion, combustion is science. Science is all.
  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,743 Member
    MommyMeggo wrote: »
    I think all the children on this thread should wear one of these.
    Immaturity UNITE!

    8379v6uh453g.jpg

    That spoon could knock your e....oooooo pretty colors!