A bit confused.. more questions...

[Katia7]

1) Cereal... 1st I thought that any boxed cereal is not good when trying to lose body fat, but then I see that many here eat Fiber one and Kashi Go Lean. I used to eat Nature's Path Whole Wheat Plus Flaxseed, but stopped because I thought it wasn't good. Are boxed cereals OK?

2) Sugar substitutes... For the most part I don't eat them (I use Stevia) but I'd like to get some sugar free syrup. How horrible are these sweeteners? Is there a sugar free syrup that's not so bad? I know they're fine in terms of fat loss (no calories) but I'm also conserned about over all health.

 

[Katia7]

anyone? Emma-Leigh, Jodi?

 

[Jodi]

Those cereals you posted, IMO are fine. Just make sure they don't contain high fructose corn syrup and a ton of sugar. You need to be careful. Choose ones that are high in fiber

Yes, sugar free syrups are ok. So long as you ar not abusing sweetners than a little each day is not going to hurt you. Stevia is by far your best choice.

 

[ihateschoolmt]

Yes, sugar free syrups are ok. So long as you ar not abusing sweetners than a little each day is not going to hurt you.

"The methanol from aspartame is converted to formaldehyde and then
formic acid (DHHS 1993, Liesivuori 1991). Chronic formaldehyde
exposure at *very* low doses has been shown to cause immune system
and neurological damage and changes as well as headaches, general poor
health, permanent genetic damage, and a number of other serious
health problems (Fujimaki 1992, John 1994, Liu 1993, Main 1983,
Molhave 1986, National Research Council 1981, Shaham 1996, Srivastava
1992, Vojdani 1992, Wantke 1996). One experiment (Wantke 1996) showed
that chronic exposure to formaldehyde caused systemic health problems
(i.e., poor health) in children at an air concentration of *only*
0.043 - 0.070 parts per million! Clearly, chronic exposure to an
extremely small amount of formaldehyde is to be avoided."


If that's true (not sure if the site is credible) then aspartame is good to stay away from.

 

[JLB001]

More about portion control. Craig thinks the box is a serving.

 

[Katia7]

Soooo glad I can have that cereal.. oh how I miss thee lol
I guess I'll try to limit the syrup to once a week.

Thanks!

 

[Katia7]

More about portion control. Craig thinks the box is a serving.

LOL I never ate a whole box.. but half a box is really not a problem. LOL