Poop Like A Champion Healthy Choice Ultra High Fiber Cereal - A Low Carb Food & Fiber Supplement | Breakfast Essentials with Soluble Fiber, Insoluble Fiber & Psyllium Husk Powder

First of all, I would like to thank the manufacturers for giving this product such a provocative name, it got me to try their cereal. Other reviewers made it sound like the taste or texture would be questionable. I did not find that to be the case. It is crazy high in dietary fiber. I used a food scale and measured out 30 grams. Do not consume more than one serving in the morning.The cereal is very crunchy - I liked the texture and not too sweet. Predominant flavor is corn which is probably why it reminds me of a less sweet version of KIX. Someone referenced the cereal’s shape as reminding them of pet kibble like something you’d feed a domesticated rodent. They’re actually little puffed stars.More than one reviewer suggested ways to “dress up” the cereal so I expected it would be terrible and really need something to dress it up. It doesn’t. It is quite crispy so it takes a long time to turn to mush in milk - it does not go soggy.Anticipating it would be terrible, I came up with a variation recommended by another reviewer:• 2 tablespoons of pistachio paste (pistachio paste made from 100% pistachios - the paste has salt added - you want that.• Dark, bitter sweet, semisweet chocolate chips - about half the volume of the cereal, approximately 1/4 of a cup of chocolate chips.• 4 to six ounces of whole milk.Measure 30 to 33 grams of cereal into a bowl.Pistachio paste is pretty stick gooey stuff. I used an OXO good grips tablespoon with a leveler. I stirred the pistachio paste with a regular small spoon to mix it. Use the tablespoon and the leveler and a small spoon and measure out two tablespoons of pistachio paste into the cereal. I used the leveler and the small spoon to scrape the pistachio paste out of the tablespoon. Using a small spoon throughly stir the pistachio paste into the cereal until it is evenly mixed.Next mix in the bitter sweet/semi sweet chocolate chips.Lastly, pour in 4 to 6 ounces of whole milk.This is really delicious.That said, the cereal itself is quite good, so honestly some milk, or some milk and some fruit is sufficient. It really doesn’t need dressing up.Drink plenty of water. Like lots of it when having the cereal and throughout the day.The cereal is crazy full of fiber. So if you have it and have plenty of water, it will be highly effective. This cereal puts a lot of fiber in you colon, so to quote another reviewer, it could be called, “poop like an elephant.”It does contain inulin. Inulin is natural, but it is a FODMAP. Not everyone digests FODMAPs.Recommendations:1. If your diet is really too low in dietary fiber, the first week or so have half a serving each morning (15 grams). It won’t be enough food so have something else to round up your breakfast in addition to the cereal.2. Drink plenty of water when having the cereal and throughout the day.3. Do not have more than one serving of the cereal in the morning or in the evening.The box contains approximately 7.5 servings of cereal. It is a little expensive compared to other cereals.

Pros:- Great taste. A refreshing change from the cereals I have eaten regularly for years on end.- Amazing that they got such a great taste out of all these ingredients like psyllium husk powder, which are powerful enough to blast a hole in your colon, and yet not add sugar to make it edible.- It does work like drain-opener, but don't feel like you have to stay near a toilet like you might with a magnesium citrate cocktail. Just eat it and then you will notice a difference within 24 hours the next time you are using the bathroom.- Forget about Bran Flakes and broccoli other stuff that people might mention are good for stopping constipation. You really need the insoluble fiber in order to get all the sludge and gunk out. The American diet is laden with meat and carbs and no fiber. Bran flakes have very low proportion of the necessary ingredients that can do a drain-cleaner effect on the intestines. Broccoli and kale and Brussels sprouts and spinach all have a lot of chlorophyll pigment in them and people will say "green vegetables are required to prevent constipation episodes" but they also all cause bad gas in most people who eat them. Even beans are not that high in fiber usually.- P.L.A.C. has also developed gummy candies which I have not tried, but they should really make a cereal bar type product.Cons:- The price is high, obviously.- If only there were more cereals like this.- Not available in any brick and mortar stores I know of; the MINIMUM price for a box is actually $17.99 including the shipping charge.

I am going to break this review up into sections based on the experience.Impressions:Looks: Looks like kibble.Smell: Smells like musty cardboard.Taste: Tastes like cheerios. with a hint of sweetness at the end. Honestly, completely inoffensive in the mouth, I was kind of shocked. I expected something heinous. Nope. Think plain cheerios with a hint of Kix (but minute the sweetness).Did it work?Oh. My. God. Look, you know how it is. You read all the funny reviews on Amazon, haha, and sometimes you give them a try. I joked and sent pics to my friends, we all had a good laugh. Friday night, I felt like a treat, and one of my friends suggested I try Poop Like A Champion, because it seemed like a Friday food and not a Sunday food (in case things went horribly, horribly wrong).I could not argue with that logic. So I had a bowl. A real bowlful, I didn't measure it out. I filled the bowl to the top, then added whole milk and ate the whole thing. Annnnd...nothing. Little gas in the night, but whatever.The next morning, I felt like I had a load but no pressure to go, so I didn't hurry anything. Had my morning coffee. Finally decided to give it a go.Folks, I am not going to lie. Hand on my heart here. I was done within ten seconds. Let me be clear here- this was not a watery stool. It was not a log. It was just a soft creature that politely waited until I was ready, and then cleared out of the house the way parents wish their teens would- quickly, with no fuss, and cleaning up after themselves.My eyes almost bugged out as I realized that I was completely done with my poop in seconds. I couldn't believe it. I stood up and hopped up and down a little bit, seeing how I felt inside. Nope. I was good. Didn't even have that stretched and strained feeling that you get when the load has been pushing the colon out. Just, fine.I mean, I can't believe I am talking about this on the internet, but my god. I felt like the guys from Cobra Kai, thinking they were pretty good, had a handle on things, whatever, and then ran into Mr. Miyagi and learned what a true master was.Price:Performance Ratio: I mean, this just worked. I've tried fiber one, I've added scoops of soluble fiber to my coffee in the mornings, I've done all kinds of things and I can't say it's made an appreciable difference, but I do it because it does no harm and potentially does some good. This is the first time I've felt like the fiber actually did a darned thing. So kudos to the company. That said, wow is this stuff expensive. At something over five bucks per bowl, that is awful darned hard to justify. I would happily buy a pillowcase of the stuff with a bulk discount. But at this pricepoint, I can not justify buying it regularly (no pun intended). That is why I knock off the star. And I hate to do that on the one and only fiber product to ever work, since I assume that it means that maybe it needs to be this expensive in order to get something to work. I don't know. But I hope and pray the company comes out with a bulk form to buy, because if they do, I will for the first time use an Amazon subscription for deliveries. Because this gives me my mornings back, and was amazing.Final thoughts: Seems like a joke, but worked like a charm.