The No. 1 Cereals For Going No. 2, According To Nutritionists

Get things moving in the morning with high-fiber options that promote plenty of pooping.

We are so worried about our bowels. A quick walk through a supermarket cereal aisle — keeping your eyes up high on the “adult” shelves — offers a glimpse of endless products promising more blissful movements with just one bowlful. This isn’t a new phenomenon, of course. Packaged cereal had a health-focused following beginning in the late 1800s. And when oat bran became the high-fiber darling of the 1980s, “Saturday Night Live” featured Phil Hartman sitting atop a pyramid of cereal bowls, advertising the parody Colon Blow cereal.