You don't even need to eat it with breakfast, one Weetabix with some milk can also make a great afternoon snack if you're slimming. The big mistake if you're watching your weight (or simply trying to eat more healthily) is to add more sugar to your Weetabix as that will add extra calories with no nutritional value.
At Healthy Food Guide, we have no problem with people – children and adults alike – eating Weet-Bix as part of a balanced diet. As breakfast cereals go, Weet-Bix is low in sugars, sodium and saturated fat, while being high in fibre. To make a balanced breakfast, we'd recommend adding skim/trim milk.
In light of the information above, it is clear that Weetabix will not make you gain weight. In fact, it will help you lose weight and live a healthy life due to its protein content. They are completely healthy in terms of fat, saturated fat, carbohydrates, and sodium content.
Sanitarium Weet-bix
This great Aussie breakfast staple comes in at a healthy number 3; it's a great choice for breakfasts. Weet-bix do have some salt and sugar added for flavour, but it is minimal. They're also fortified with niacin, thiamin, riboflavin, folate and iron.
As you can see below, they both have similar amounts of protein, carbohydrate and dietary fibre. The only major difference is oats have more fat and slightly more calories. Additional point: - Be cautious of flavoured oats, they have slightly less protein and can have up 24 x the amount of sugar.
You don't even need to eat it with breakfast, one Weetabix with some milk can also make a great afternoon snack if you're slimming. The big mistake if you're watching your weight (or simply trying to eat more healthily) is to add more sugar to your Weetabix as that will add extra calories with no nutritional value.
Weetabix and Oatibix are low in sugar and salt. Each Weetabix biscuit has less than 1g of sugar and only contains 0.05g of salt (1 Weetabix = approx. 19g).
So in short, the original Weetabix is pretty healthy and is certainly a much healthier option compared to many of the cereals on the supermarket shelves.
Weet-Bix is high in dietary fibre, low in sugar and provides important vitamins and minerals to give you a great start to your day. It is a good source of B vitamins including B1 (thiamin), B2 (riboflavin), B3 (niacin), and B9 (folate), contains magnesium and is high in iron.
Weetabix is high in fibre, and is fortified, like most cereals, with extra minerals such as calcium and iron. They also contain folic acid, which is key for healthy cell and tissue development.
Foods that help ease constipation
Consider adding some the following fibre-rich foods to your diet to help ease constipation: High fibre cereals such as: bran flakes, Weetabix, porridge, muesli and shredded wheat.
Weetabix is fortified with certain vitamins and minerals and if eaten to excess, then you could be taking in too much of these nutrients. We would recommend that an adult eats no more than four (4) Weetabix biscuits per day.
Sanitarium Weetbix (2 biscuits) contains 20g total carbs, 16.7g net carbs, 0.4g fat, 3.7g protein, and 107 calories.
*Weetabix is 69% carbohydrate which provides energy to the body as part of a healthy diet and lifestyle. Carbohydrates also contribute to the maintenance of normal brain function as part of a healthy diet and lifestyle. The beneficial effect is obtained with a daily intake of 130g of carbohydrates from all sources.
With the recommended serving of two biscuits containing 136 calories, it's easy to see why those wishing to maintain a healthy lifestyle favour Weetabix.
Best weetabix alternative: Aldi Harvest Morn Wheat Bisks. Best golden syrup-flavoured porridge: Quaker Oats So Simple Golden Syrup Porridge. Best special k-style cereal: ASDA Special Flakes Cereal. Best fruit & nut muesli: Lizi's Super Muesli Glow.
Shredded whole wheat cereal
Shredded whole wheat cereal with low-fat milk is the best choice of conventional breakfast cereals, because it doesn't contain any added sugar or salt, and is high in fibre.
Almond milk - 26 calories
It's clear almond milk is the winner when it comes to the least calories and those looking for weight loss. This is because it is made from ground almonds and water, with research showing that it contains around 14% almonds only, with the rest water.