Friday Favorites: Are Fortified Kids’ Breakfast Cereals Healthy or Just Candy?

The industry’s response to the charge that breakfast cereals are too sugary.

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Thanks for watching. I hope you’ll join in the evidence-based nutrition revolution!
-Michael Greger, MD FACLM

[Spock_Rogers]

I can't believe the number of parents who can see that their child is obviously overweight, yet physical fitness and healthy nutrition never seem to cross their mind. Cognitive dissonance, I guess. Thank you for working so hard to help people be healthier, Dr. Greger! 😍

[SkinnyBobUFO]

I like Cheereos and almond milk. Not perfect but better.

[QuocTaHoang]

First time seeing Vietnamese subtitle appear right after the video published, which normally take 2-4 days I'm so glad about that :)

[Turnoutburndown]

I like this pre video stitch, a good place to put the intro

[dj-feck]

Those cereals are bad because of the fats and oils, artificial colors, flavors, preservatives, additives, dairy, chocolate, gelatin, fortified iron and gmo ingredients which should be avoided. They are not bad because of sugar unless its hfcs or gmo beet sugar. There is absolutely nothing wrong with cane sugar. If you want to add cane sugar to oatmeal or corn or any other starches, that is not bad. Kashi Autumn Wheat or Kashi Cinnamon Harvest are examples of good cereals.

[Yzyxdolorza]

And the kids grow up addicted to sugar… many adult foods are nothing but candy anymore. My grandmother called it "gaggy sweet" Sugar, more addictive than heroin…

[phillippinter]

Most if the top cold cereals have their top ingredient as a whole grain. I would say thats probably better than your saturated fat, cholesterol, loaded bacon egg and cheese biscuit, croissant, bagel or breakfast wrap that has been rising in popularity in recent years

[joesmith]

Makes total sense when you follow the money

[rockthevote]

Just candy....my kids never got any though I sometimes had to deal with pressure from them--once a mind-blowing tantrum no candy in a box! At that time there was a reasonable cereal available, Nutrigrain, by Kellog's. I bought that by the case for them.

[nazokashii]

Thank you so much for shining a light <3

[samiryan]

I don't know how to convince parents especially the mother that they don't have to suggest or force their children to eat/drink anything at anytime. that's against the childers' will.

Seriously, no one have the right to to force you to eat/drink something at all, parents interfere with the growing process of their children by using their parental privileges.

Parents must give a F about their child mood and feelings, it is not a must he/she must eat/drink this and that at a specific time, any child can eat/drink whatever he or she likes at whatever time, from there the health issues start to happen, when the parents ask their children to not listen to their bodies and start to eat/drink to obey their orders only.

A lot of nutrition specialists are saying that leave your children till he/she feel hungry, he/she will find something to eat with his/her own will, as parents you can't stuff your children's' stomach with food just out of love and care, that's totally insane.

[Brad-]

Lol so if sprinkle a turmeric on a half lb of bacon than I be eating healthy hahaha

[jasonhsu]

The only cold cereal I still buy is plain Shredded Wheat. I add fruit to it to provide flavor. Shredded Wheat with fruit is magically delicious!

However, I've cut back somewhat on my Shredded Wheat consumption in the past few years, because I now eat something even better - overnight oats parfait! I use chia seeds, ground flaxseed, and walnuts so I get some healthy fats.

[lilo]

You’re missing the point there are certain vitamins that without which babies will die without- what about vitamins babies might need?

[lilo]

Just because you’re not a baby doesn’t mean babies don’t need supplements

[islandhopper]

useless...inform us about that which is not so obvious.