Is Cereal Really A 'Superfood'?

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Credits:
John Green -- Executive Producer
Stan Muller -- Director, Producer
Aaron Carroll -- Writer
Mark Olsen – Art Director
Meredith Danko – Social Media

[rea]

You gotta admire the creativity of marketers behind these statements (and also hate them at the same time) 😀

[peteraustin]

What depresses me the most is that the marketing department know exactly what they are doing and are likely to increase sales as a consequence. You and I are not the target audience.

[borcsabba]

Typical cherry-picked data taken out of context by marketing teams. Thanks for debunking this!

[danielturner]

Cereal isn’t a superfood?! As a long time viewer, color me surprised!

[RyanBlockb]

Cookie Crisp, Trinity of Sugar
1. Whole grain corn
2. Sugar
3. Yellow corn meal
4. Canola oil
5. Corn syrup
6. Cocoa w/alkin
7. Brown sugar syrup

[SuperStack]

The cunning work-around for the "Carroll Rule" and that devilish glint in your eye as you told us about your triumph. That was awesome....again!

[cookieslife]

Aaagghh! And to think I was about to replace kale in my smoothies with some Capn' Crunch.

[ColoringKaria]

“It’s not” I love the disdain! I need more of that in my life. Please don’t ever change!!!

[Anonarchist]

deep fried sugar flakes aren't superfoods? the hell you say!

[holylightbulb]

4:14 "It's a burger. Stop!" 😂😂😂
Amen to that Dr. Carroll!

[mattwodziak]

It absolutely amazes me how few people realize this stuff. Thanks for what you do.

My 5 year old daughter knows already knows most of this stuff but sadly most of my friends do not or don’t care.

[lohphat]

The Agricultural Industrial Complex cares only about profits, not your health.

Marketing is literally evil.

[charlietuba]

I eat Wheat Chex, Shredded Wheat & Bran, Kashi cereals, and rolled oats. I alternate which cereal I eat. I also have hot cocoa, a small glass of high pulp orange juice, and psyllium.

[anotherks]

Number 1 thing to look for when analyzing these studies: omitted information

[Canadian_Ry]

This needed to be said! I'll do my best to share it forward.

[phantomstrider]

Admittedly, the cup of kale doesn't cut it for me.. well *ANY* mornings >_<

[vnceigz]

• 'Is Cereal Really A "Superfood"?' B-b-b-but ¬_¬
• 2:58 - "Cookies" was the first ingredient, but it's a compound ingredient; the first ingredient in its sub-list was sugar. 🤦
• "Water is good for you, but a bowl of cereal has more vitamins and minerals than 8 glasses of water!"
• 4:30 - "New product! Tastes great ! Has lots and lots of good nutrients! (also has arsenic, mercury, and plutonium; meh)."

[orionantares]

Not to mention the ones that will use multiple types of sugars so they can list the first sugar they use lower on the ingredient list.

[ghuegel]

This is marginally sillier than all the other "superfood" claims.

[ItsShatter]

How about frosted mini wheats? I like those lol