As a Registered Dietitian (RD) I feel it is my responsibility to provide accurate, practical nutrition information to those I care for. So, in an effort to do that, I thought I would occasionally include on my blog accurate, practical nutrition information. To start, I am providing a review of a product I recently purchased.
The product I wish to review today is:
What originally attracted me to this cereal were these things: 10g of Fiber, Less than 1g for sugar, 7g of protein, Omega-3 Fatty Acids-from flaxseed (good as a laxative and for reducing total cholesterol and LDL (bad) cholesterol).
WOW! What a combination: high fiber, low sugar, high protein AND omega-3 fatty acids all in ONE cereal. Not only that but it is guaranteed to help you with...well you can just read the newspaper add. You go Uncle Sam.
Sadly Uncle Sam did not meet my expectations. The very reasons I was attracted to it ended up being the very reasons I hated it. High fiber, low sugar--ick. I ended up putting large amounts of brown sugar in it just to get it down. The flaxseeds were completely useless as they sank to the bottom of the bowl. And, you know what? Whole flaxseed aren't really digested by your body so you don't even get any benefit from them.
The breakdown (on a scale of 1-10, 10 being the best):
Nutritional value: 10
Palatability: -2 (5 with 2 tablespoons of brown sugar)
Appearance: 3
Fulfills promise to "help" me: 5
Would I recommend Uncle Sam? Not unless you really need it
3 comments:
Hahaha. This just made my day! Thanks for saving me the money I would have spent when I needed help. :)
You crack me up Krissy. I especially love the newspaper ad. I'm sure glad I read your review before buying a bunch of boxes :)
Cool! You should do more posts like this. Fun to read, especially since it's coming from a dietician :)! I make a granola cereal for my kids each week that's pretty awesome. It has flaxseeds, but I grind them. It's full of different grains, nuts and seeds with a little honey and sometimes a little molasses.
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