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Trix isn't just for kids anymore. Over the next three months General Mills, the nation's No. 2. cereal maker (behind Kellogg), will convert into whole-grain products all its "Big G" cereals, including high-sugar brands like Trix, Cocoa Puffs and Lucky Charms. The company says it is capitalizing on healthier eating habits and signs that the low-carb craze, which shuns whole grains, may have peaked. But isn't General Mills' Total for the high-fiber crowd? And do kids--and adults--want the Wheaties experience as they eat their Cocoa Puffs? General Mills says the treats...
Cooking schools for kids; whole-grain Trix; wireless Philly; two new gadgets; a book about conflicted medicine...
...Seiryu Toguchi, 103, of Motobu, Okinawa, wakes at 6 a.m., in the house in which he was born, and opens the shutters. "It's a sign to my neighbors," he says, "that I am still alive." He does stretching exercises along with a radio broadcast, then eats breakfast: whole-grain rice and miso soup with vegetables. He puts in two hours of picking weeds in his 1,000-sq.-ft. field, whose crops are goya--a variety of bitter gourd--a reddish-purple sweet potato called imo, and okra. A fellow has to make a living, so Toguchi buys rice...
...there is a second front in carb wars--good carbs vs. bad carbs. The good ones are found in whole-grain breads, beans, fruits and vegetables. They contain fiber and break down slowly when digested, avoiding those damaging sugar and insulin spikes. The bad ones are found in white rice, potatoes, most commercial breads and all manner of processed crackers, cookies, chips, soda and candy bars. Bad carbs break down more quickly and result in sugar overload...
...Arthur Agatston focuses on the GLYCEMIC INDEX, or how much a particular food raises your blood sugar. Rapid spikes can make you hungrier faster and therefore lead to overeating. South Beach's induction phase is similar to Atkins', but then it allows more fruits and veggies as well as whole-grain breads and pasta...