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Are All Cereal Carbs Unhealthy? We Give You the Facts

  By Trina Remedios  posted Jun 30th 2012 at 8:00AM IN | Avg Rating
Diet & Fitness

Here's a question almost as old as weight loss diets themselves - "Are all cereal carbs unhealthy?" Diets that include whole grain, multi grain and low carb cereal products have us well and proper hooked. Add advertisements, hoardings and open information-flow to that mix and we have several generations in the grip of cereal carb propaganda. Yes, there are myths about cereal carbs that very few rubbish. If these cereal carbs make up for a large part of your diet or you’re gung-ho about whole wheat and the ‘brown’ ingredients, then here are some important cereal carb facts that you must know. *Images courtesy: © Thinkstock photos/ Getty Images

  • Carbs are good for those trying to avoid cholesterol
  • Flush out refined carbs completely
  • If you avoid carbs how will get enough fibers?
  • Go for a low carb diet
  • Carbs are not associated with beer

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