good news!!! fruit loops is a health food!!! - Page 2

porcupine73 · 03-08-2011, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by RubyJ

And be sure to feed your children Frosted Mini Wheats before their big test at school!!
That's the ad with the mother marking important days on her calendar and the little miniwheat putting a reminder sticker on those days.

Yes that's a good one, I just saw that commercial, saying something like the whole grain fiber fills the kid up so they can focus. The second and third ingredients? Sugar and High Fructose Corn Syrup. Also in googling the ingredients, it appears the manufacturer got their knuckles slapped for claiming the product improved attentiveness 20% in kids who ate it (instead of skipping breakfast), but it was misleading because they didn't give all the details of the study.

2bflawless · 03-08-2011, 04:17 PM

Someone call Dr. Oz...he can have Toucan Sam on and praise the grains and sugars some more!

Karerose · 03-08-2011, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by skib

nice one FF

Well my brothers and I must not have been part of that study, as kids we frequently tried to sneak giant amounts of sugar into break cereal. Pretty much to the point where it was just piles of sugar hidden by a little milk.

The sad thing is even the unsweetened cereals are almost as bad as the sugar filled ones, just with a slightly lower blood sugar spike. So many bland breakfasts I could have skipped

I definitely wasn't part of that study. Most of the cereal we has growing up was plain oatmeal. I guarantee the amount of sugar I added was way less than what is in those individual packs.

Eliza_Jazz · 03-08-2011, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by 2bflawless

Someone call Dr. Oz...he can have Toucan Sam on and praise the grains and sugars some more!

flatferenghi · 03-09-2011, 05:19 AM

He is scheduled for my skillet this evening. Please leave a message at the beep. FF

Eliza_Jazz · 03-09-2011, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by flatferenghi

He is scheduled for my skillet this evening. Please leave a message at the beep. FF

You guys are hilarious!!!! Thanks for the laugh

Gweebles · 03-10-2011, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Karerose

I definitely wasn't part of that study. Most of the cereal we has growing up was plain oatmeal. I guarantee the amount of sugar I added was way less than what is in those individual packs.

Sadly I remember adding a WHOLE CUP of sugar into my instant oatmeal as a kid and my mother not saying a thing to stop it. Oatmeal flavored syrup is what it turned out to be.

Rachelocity · 03-10-2011, 08:40 AM

Shockingly, I remember an XBF adding packet upon packet of Splenda to already-sweetened cereal, because they always added sugar to any. type. of. cereal. We never did this, even with plain cereals like corn flakes. The sweet cereals were considered a snack food, not a "real food", and would be consumed on Saturday mornings while watching cartoons.

BTW, I always liked my oatmeal/Cream of Wheat/Red River Cereal with a dash of salt in the cooking water.

cyberus · 03-10-2011, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by karenann33

I stupidly bought some of this thinking it was good for you. Didn't read the label until I got it home.

Good grief I think it has more sugar than Hershey's syrup.

Don't feel bad, you aren't the only one, a woman in California filed a lawsuit last month (Feb 2011) to make the Nutella manufacturer stop marketing it as "healthy"

porcupine73 · 03-10-2011, 08:46 AM

I heard something on the radio this morning about Cap'n Crunch was going to be retired (the character, not the cereal).

As a kid I often snuck spoonfuls of sugar to eat straight right out of the sugar bowl. I remember one day thinking, hm, this sugar tastes pretty good on the cereal, and I wonder how it would taste straight. That led to a long downhill pattern over the years.

Jennifer Eloff · 03-10-2011, 08:53 AM

Too funny! It is also actually quite sad when we really think about. How many people watching those commercials believe what is being said about "healthy" cereals and kids are being brainwashed as to what is healthy.

JazzleBug · 03-10-2011, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by porcupine73

As a kid I often snuck spoonfuls of sugar to eat straight right out of the sugar bowl. I remember one day thinking, hm, this sugar tastes pretty good on the cereal, and I wonder how it would taste straight. That led to a long downhill pattern over the years.

OMG. You just brought back a memory that I would have never remembered if you hadn't said that. Holy cow. Right out of my mothers pretty antique silver sugar jar.

Oh, and I LOVED sugar cubes. Thought they were the coolest thing.

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03-10-2011, 08:40 AM	#38
Rachelocity Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: May 2007 Location: Montreal Posts: 7,975 Gallery: Rachelocity WOE: No grain/no pain! Start Date: Every day I'm shuffling	Shockingly, I remember an XBF adding packet upon packet of Splenda to already-sweetened cereal, because they always added sugar to any. type. of. cereal. We never did this, even with plain cereals like corn flakes. The sweet cereals were considered a snack food, not a "real food", and would be consumed on Saturday mornings while watching cartoons. BTW, I always liked my oatmeal/Cream of Wheat/Red River Cereal with a dash of salt in the cooking water.

03-10-2011, 08:46 AM	#40
porcupine73 Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Buffalo, NY USA Posts: 1,855 Gallery: porcupine73 Stats: 208/152/150, male 5'9", 39 y/o WOE: Cure Tooth Decay, no snacks,slow burn weights+HIIT Start Date: January 2010	I heard something on the radio this morning about Cap'n Crunch was going to be retired (the character, not the cereal). As a kid I often snuck spoonfuls of sugar to eat straight right out of the sugar bowl. I remember one day thinking, hm, this sugar tastes pretty good on the cereal, and I wonder how it would taste straight. That led to a long downhill pattern over the years.

03-10-2011, 08:53 AM	#41
Jennifer Eloff Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Tropics Posts: 3,075 Gallery: Jennifer Eloff WOE: Atkins/Moderate Carbs Start Date: 1999	Too funny! It is also actually quite sad when we really think about. How many people watching those commercials believe what is being said about "healthy" cereals and kids are being brainwashed as to what is healthy.