Best cereal for a runner

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Originally Posted by wheezing donkey

Usually porridge ( no milk ) with a dozen grapes and a satsuma; otherwise a couple of shredded wheat ( supposedly zero added sugar and zero added salt ) with a drop of semi-skimmed.

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Porridge with no milk sounds a bit on the dry side!

If not porridge, for me it'd be branflakes with a banana and toast with honey.

Bacon butty with mayo and brown sauce or Ready Break with lots of sugar.

Plus several strong coffee's.

You can get oats, barley flakes, rice flakes , Millett flakes etc. etc from Holland & Barrett. Mix 'em up with sunflower, pumpkin seeds, raisins, whatever tickles your fancy. After a few attampts you'll find a formula that works for you. Or, if you're feeling lazy, they have a muesli base. I like the Linwoods milled flaxseed & nuts sprinkled on my porridge & muesli. I'm getting hungry..............

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Originally Posted by soreeneater

When you say that you make your own, where can I get the grans and olas from?

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Porridge oats mixed with oatbran and water with a spoon full of honey, fills you up and keeps hunger at bay a great way to start the day. :wink:

Cook a pan of Long grained brown rice , leave to go cold and mix with low fat fruit yogurt .Low fat easy to digest and plenty of carbs.If you cook a decent pan full this will keep in the fridge for a few days and that is breakfast done easy.
Keep a few cans of tinned fruit (in juice not syrup) in the fridge use half , mix with dry porridge oats.my daughter (seven yrs old) loves this with a combination of special K or ,oats, weetabix etc. good source for fruit and carbo intake, again low fat and easy to do.

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Originally Posted by soreeneater

Apart from porridge, what is the BEST cereal for a runner and what to sprinkle on top? Is MOO-SELI :wink:all it's cracked up to be or is it high in salt etc?

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Homemade museli is not that high in salt :). Buy some rolled oats, buy some dried fruits, mix together. Cheaper too!

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Originally Posted by tired calves

Homemade museli is not that high in salt :). Buy some rolled oats, buy some dried fruits, mix together. Cheaper too!

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You can also mix in other flaked grains - jumbo oats, barley, wheat, rye. Also chopped nuts &/or seeds. I like to add malted flakes from the wholefood shop for crunch.

Anyone who makes porridge with water is a wrong en!

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Originally Posted by Fleeter

Anyone who makes porridge with water is a wrong en!

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Were brought up tough here in Yorkshire:wink:

100% of the runners in my house wouldn't touch cereal with a bargepole. If we extrapolate from this it is clear that this is really not a suitable means of nutrition for fellrunners. Maybe it's all right for trail runners...