Frosted mini wheats, good sugars?

Acg67
Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Is the sugar in frosted mini wheats, a good sugar? It has many of the same criteria for labeling fruit sugars "good", packed with fiber, vitamins and minerals.

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  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    2 g of fiber in 100 g of orange, or 11 g in 100 g of frosted mini wheats. Mini wheats wins! Plus there are 11 g more of that "good" sugar in the mini wheats. :drinker:
  • Cherimoose
    Cherimoose Posts: 5,208 Member
    Last i checked, all sugars had the same 4 calories per gram.
  • Yanicka1
    Yanicka1 Posts: 4,564 Member
    I can't eat something that is that happy in the ads
  • Binkie1955
    Binkie1955 Posts: 329 Member
    There are no good sugars.
  • 123im4u2c
    123im4u2c Posts: 63
    I have heard from my nutritionist that this is probably as good for you as oatmeal!
    I love them too, and I would be lost without steel cut oats, but I'll tell you I love my wheats anytime,
    morning ,noon, or night, and she also said it terrific to eat a couple times a week as you before bedtime snack!
    Just use your head, and portion control! Enjoy!!!
  • NaomiJFoster
    NaomiJFoster Posts: 1,450 Member
    Fiber + Yummy cancels out some of the sugars. I promise. It has enough fiber in it to balance things out. I eat cereal every day anyway, this week Frosted Mini Wheats are having their turn in the rotation. Sometimes it just means that I have to eat less rice or bread or potato later in the day. But I won't give up my Minis.
  • wild_wild_life
    wild_wild_life Posts: 1,334 Member
    Let it go.
  • irisheyez718
    irisheyez718 Posts: 677 Member
    It sure tastes good! My favorite cereal!
  • ngyoung
    ngyoung Posts: 311 Member
    If it was that simple we could just mix Metamucil fiber with any sugary food to negate its effects. Maybe you can slow down the speed of absorption but you're also not getting that great quality of food. The majority of the vitamins in cereals are added vs coming naturally from their main ingredients.
  • NonnyMary
    NonnyMary Posts: 982 Member
    its worth it whatever it is because i get fiber when eating that.
  • ahamm002
    ahamm002 Posts: 1,690 Member
    Most data shows that fruits are associated with increased longevity and thinness. You probably won't see the same data for most cereals. Furthermore frosted miniwheats are pretty much disgusting unless you soak them in milk.

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