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I’ve been reading a lot about Glycemic Index and was disturbed to find that according to some measures, bagels have a higher Glycemic Index than coca-cola. I find that hard to believe. I can eat a dozen bagels per day if they are available. If each one has 300 calories thats…. well, you do the math.

Cold cereal is another culprit. Even so-called healthy cereals (granola, special-k, grape nuts flakes, oat bran) have GI values through the roof. I love cereal. I finally found a cereal I can eat without sugar that has a reasonable GI. And, no its not Colon-blow.

It is, in fact, Uncle Sam’s, darling of South Beach Dieters and diabetics. The taste is… subtle. Some people don’t like it, but the flavor of the grain comes through. For variety I throw in chopped up apples, blueberries, raisins, or bananas. I like that I can pour milk into it, walk the kid the bus stop and come back and it is still crunchy. I’ve only found it at Rainbow, but you can buy it on Amazon, probably because it’s fiber content closely resembles that of a book.

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