Healthier Kids' cereal, but unhealthy Advertising

[tim-from-pa]

Here we go again worrying about obesity, too much sugar, too much salt and so forth in kids' diets. So here's an article about "healthier" breakfast cereals but the gripe is that the advertising promotes the bad cereals instead and we're all scratching our heads how to get the kids to eat better.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/22/us-cereal-advertising-idUSBRE85L0O520120622

If the kid has a sugar fix, it may be tricky, but that's our faults to begin with because we all know that cereals are proper foods for breakfast so we cattle-feed the kids and wonder why they eat the way they do.

I have a simpler solution: ditch the cereal. If we are worried about blood sugar and carbs, feed the kid some steak (strips) and eggs in the morning. Learn to make flaxseed muffins and let the kid put butter on it. He will thank you and if he can learn to eat this way in the morning, I guarantee he'll think better on tests, the blood sugar won't bounce around, the obesity epidemic will go down, and he'll probably not be all that hungry at lunch time.

I don't recommend a lot of milk, but if the kid's going to drink it, then get whole milk, not watery skim --- the former is more nourishing.

 

[Classik]

:D
Danke

 

[elizabethbraddock]

That's true. Processed foods are horrible for us, but we've come to accept them due to convenience. I'm guilty of eating this way out of convenience at times, but try to prepare most of my meals. Fresh fruits, vegetables, and meat. All reasonable, non-excessive portions. I love a nice, juicy, medium-rare steak. :D

 

[tim-from-pa]

That's true. Processed foods are horrible for us, but we've come to accept them due to convenience. I'm guilty of eating this way out of convenience at times, but try to prepare most of my meals. Fresh fruits, vegetables, and meat. All reasonable, non-excessive portions. I love a nice, juicy, medium-rare steak. :D

Too bad we live across the nation from each other, otherwise I'd invite you for steak on the grill. We grill that very often --- just last night my wife marinated two different types of steaks and I grilled them up. They take the least time and can be left in the frig for another meal. One can then cut the steak into small strips and have two or three of those with say, two eggs in the morning --- I find I don't get hungry for awhile eating that way.

But I will admit some people, living in the city especially, may be on a limited budget and eating this way is more costly. But the kid does not have to eat a huge chunk of steak in the morning. Bacon-sized pieces will go a long way for those on a budget.