Kashi Vive-probiotic digestive wellness cereal Review

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This is the most interesting cereal I have ever tried

keen on tasty food, a casual cook, Increasing my fiber, like to try new foods

Pros

Balance,Purify,Strengthen digestive syst, Crunchy, keeps your teeth happy, Interesting textures, Probiotic added, Graham and vanilla flavors

Cons

All the natural stimulants

JUN

2008

OK, so I recieved a sample of cereal in the mail. Kashi "Vive", not even sure how to pronounce the Vive part. Veeve, Vivay, VeeVee, ???? Anyway, I was reading the literature that came with it and it's supposed to be a "Probiotic", meaning "good for your digestive system". It claims to leave you feeling "cleaner, lighter and less bloated". HUH? Am I going to eat a bowl and have to stay by the bathroom for the rest of the day? So, I kept reading and was even more shocked and amazed by the "SECRET" ingredient. Are you ready for this? ......Broccoli! Yes, I said BROCCOLI. In a breakfast cereal. Supposedly you can't taste it but it truly does contain natural dried broccoli, which I am assuming doesn't affect the taste. But, its supposed to help stimulate your liver's cleansing activity. Which STILL suggests to me that the bathroom should not be too far away. Did I mention that it was loaded with fiber? To be exact, 46% of the daily recommend amount. Then I got to the good news. It has Vanilla dipped rice crisps, crunchy graham twigs, (sticks?) and toasted fiber flakes. I'm already excited enough with the fiber and broccoli, but to throw in the vanilla dipped crispies....I can barely contain myself. So...to make it more appealing, they threw in a free coupon for a box of this earth moving cereal.
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Ok, I tried the cereal...without milk..because my digestive system rejects any milk product...and its a beautiful process by the way...but bottom line, broccoli and all...it wasn't that bad. It was actually pretty good if you can get past TRYING to taste the broccoli and just enjoy the cereal. Its the kind of cereal you keep around sometime just to snack on. Because it DOES resemble a snack mix. SO! I am taking the candy and crackers out of my computer room and replacing it with this lovely broccoli infused snack mix. Just my first step in the road to a healthier me.
I have decided to get a healthy digestive system back, they say that 70% of your immune system is in your digestive tract, and get my blood sugar back on track and hopefully loose weight in the process. So, stick around....I will keep you informed.