The dangers of eating Fruit Loops
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kaylajane11 wrote: »I ate a bowl of sugary cereal (including Froot Loops) almost every day as a kid. I was a picky eater and that was pretty much the only thing I liked for breakfast. I was never overweight as a kid/adolescent, I didn't develop cancer, heart disease, or food allergies, and I grew up to be a healthy adult - who still eats Froot Loops.
Yup.. same here. Except we weren't picky, we just liked our sugary cereals for breakfast (and sometimes lunch too). My brother and I both turned out just fine.. never overweight, always quite athletic too.
Also, I owe all my current fabulous success to Cocoa Krispies... yummmm
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...in for the inevitable know-it-all versus know-it-all showdown.0
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kaylajane11 wrote: »I ate a bowl of sugary cereal (including Froot Loops) almost every day as a kid. I was a picky eater and that was pretty much the only thing I liked for breakfast. I was never overweight as a kid/adolescent, I didn't develop cancer, heart disease, or food allergies, and I grew up to be a healthy adult - who still eats Froot Loops.
Yup.. same here. Except we weren't picky, we just liked our sugary cereals for breakfast (and sometimes lunch too). My brother and I both turned out just fine.. never overweight, always quite athletic too.
Also, I owe all my current fabulous success to Cocoa Krispies... yummmm
Ohhh Cocoa Krispies with banana is heaven.0 -
daydreams_of_pretty wrote: »
Sorry not sorry? They’re so good, right? And fun! I love the colourful marshmallow bits! They just make me smile.
We have costco boxes of it in the pantry, my husband loves it! I'll have it for breakfast sometimes on weekends, gotta love them marshmellows!
Wooot Team Marshmallows!
It's always so sad when there's the grain pieces left and no marshmallows!0 -
mojohowitz wrote: »...in for the inevitable know-it-all versus know-it-all showdown.
and don't forget the holier than though above the fray MFP posters..!0 -
kaylajane11 wrote: »I ate a bowl of sugary cereal (including Froot Loops) almost every day as a kid. I was a picky eater and that was pretty much the only thing I liked for breakfast. I was never overweight as a kid/adolescent, I didn't develop cancer, heart disease, or food allergies, and I grew up to be a healthy adult - who still eats Froot Loops.
Yup.. same here. Except we weren't picky, we just liked our sugary cereals for breakfast (and sometimes lunch too). My brother and I both turned out just fine.. never overweight, always quite athletic too.
Also, I owe all my current fabulous success to Cocoa Krispies... yummmm
based on your profile pic cocoa krispies ruined you ....0 -
My kids eat fruit loops. They haven't died yet and aren't overweight. Sometimes they poo green from it and since they are boys they always seem to want to share a look at it.
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It's funny how the answer to these garbage foods with little to no redeeming nutritive value is always moderation. Well gee, if 70% of the country is overweight or obese obviously the moderation message isn't reaching the masses. The solution to avoiding addictive garbage isn't not to buy it. No that's far to simple. The solution then, according to MFP users, is to ingest garbage in smaller increments, that way everything will work out just fine!
I agree with you.
Also...
I love to eat
I need to feel filled up after eating
I just naturally found veggies mixed in with my meals helped feel full. A healthy snack of a piece of fruit or some nuts helped feel full too.
I'm a nutrition fan.
But I'm also a pragmatist.
Real food is real filling.
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I'm thinking this thread is going to self-destruct in roughly ten pages. First of all it's just stupid. Stupid I say! It's a gonna go down in flames lol
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I will go with the under on that one.
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I'm just now seeing the one you quoted. Gee, when talking about how added sugars are bad and natural sugars are good, the arguments are always 1) vitamins and 2) fiberSad but true
Most of the cereals pushed at kids, even the supposedly healthy ones, are full of various sugars (refined/cane/molasses/honey/agave/coconut blossom etc etc)
The manufacturers bang on about added vitamins/minerals thereby confusing parents with their mumbo-jumbo about vitamin/mineral deficiencies and therefore promote cereals as a substitute for a healthy diet.
so what? I ate coco puffs daily when I was a kid and I came out fine.
Most cereals come with both of those. You can't say sugars in fruits are good because of those things then turn around 180° and say they don't matter in cereal and it's still bad because sugar.
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My son is sensitive to dyes. He's sent off the wall for days after eating too much artificial dyes.
But I'd be more likely to kill him than the cereal (Yes, I'm kidding, no, I would never kill my child - in case my sarcasm font isn't working today).
Mine is too. He's also sensitive to BHT. But he's an outlier.
Trader Joe's has a Fruit Loops knock-off made with vegetable dyes that he can eat.
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I always preferred coco puffs over fruit loops....or capn crunch peanut butter...that was the bomb! and somehow, I am still alive....!!
I used to love me some coco puffs, but last time I had them I could tell that they changed the recipe. So. Sad. Now I dig cocoa pebbles Will be stopping by the store later today to get my fix. 0 -
stevencloser wrote: »
I'm just now seeing the one you quoted. Gee, when talking about how added sugars are bad and natural sugars are good, the arguments are always 1) vitamins and 2) fiberSad but true Most of the cereals pushed at kids, even the supposedly healthy ones, are full of various sugars (refined/cane/molasses/honey/agave/coconut blossom etc etc)
The manufacturers bang on about added vitamins/minerals thereby confusing parents with their mumbo-jumbo about vitamin/mineral deficiencies and therefore promote cereals as a substitute for a healthy diet.
so what? I ate coco puffs daily when I was a kid and I came out fine.
Most cereals come with both of those. You can't say sugars in fruits are good because of those things then turn around 180° and say they don't matter in cereal and it's still bad because sugar.
don't you know that added sugar negates all vitamins and any other nutrients..??0 -
I always preferred coco puffs over fruit loops....or capn crunch peanut butter...that was the bomb! and somehow, I am still alive....!!
I used to love me some coco puffs, but last time I had them I could tell that they changed the recipe. So. Sad. Now I dig cocoa pebbles Will be stopping by the store later today to get my fix.
they did?
I am not much of a cereal eater these days..I like my eggs, bagels, waffles, pancakes, omlettes, etc too much ...
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daydreams_of_pretty wrote: »
Sorry not sorry? They’re so good, right? And fun! I love the colourful marshmallow bits! They just make me smile.
We have costco boxes of it in the pantry, my husband loves it! I'll have it for breakfast sometimes on weekends, gotta love them marshmellows!
Wooot Team Marshmallows!
It's always so sad when there's the grain pieces left and no marshmallows!
That's how you know when it's time to throw the box away and buy a new one
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This thread is making me sad that gluten free cereals are truly awful. I miss Captain Crunch.0
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I always preferred coco puffs over fruit loops....or capn crunch peanut butter...that was the bomb! and somehow, I am still alive....!!
I used to love me some coco puffs, but last time I had them I could tell that they changed the recipe. So. Sad. Now I dig cocoa pebbles Will be stopping by the store later today to get my fix.
You know, I think that corn pops are different, too. They don't taste the same to me.
They taste like someone tried to make them "healthier" by taking out sugar and happiness. They're Corn Pops. Let them be who they are! 0 -
I thought Toucan Sam looked a little different today...
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Just to add, my kid and husband have both been eating froot loops most of their lives, at 25 and 3 years old they are both exceptionally healthy. As a matter of fact, my kid ate fruity pebbles for breakfast this morning and is now currently snacking on a sliced banana and string cheese. Fortified cereal -carefully measured-(vitamins and minerals), whole milk- again carefully measured-(calcium, iron, more vitamins and minerals, and protein), banana (potassium), and string cheese (again, protein and calcium among other things). I fail to see the "bad" there, and highly doubt it's going to "do her in".
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kaylajane11 wrote: »I ate a bowl of sugary cereal (including Froot Loops) almost every day as a kid. I was a picky eater and that was pretty much the only thing I liked for breakfast. I was never overweight as a kid/adolescent, I didn't develop cancer, heart disease, or food allergies, and I grew up to be a healthy adult - who still eats Froot Loops.
Yup.. same here. Except we weren't picky, we just liked our sugary cereals for breakfast (and sometimes lunch too). My brother and I both turned out just fine.. never overweight, always quite athletic too.
Also, I owe all my current fabulous success to Cocoa Krispies... yummmm
Ohhh Cocoa Krispies with banana is heaven.
*adds Cocoa Krispies and more bananas to grocery list* 0 -
Next I'm going to be told there's not actually froot in them.
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Cryptonomnomicon wrote: »I thought Toucan Sam looked a little different today...
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Neversettle78 wrote: »It's funny how the answer to these garbage foods with little to no redeeming nutritive value is always moderation. Well gee, if 70% of the country is overweight or obese obviously the moderation message isn't reaching the masses. The solution to avoiding addictive garbage isn't not to buy it. No that's far to simple. The solution then, according to MFP users, is to ingest garbage in smaller increments, that way everything will work out just fine!
You should pay closer attention to the profiles of the people who claim moderation is the key....they are usually (not always, but usually) the ones with the most success.
(btw, I practice moderation...I had pizza for breakfast today)
This. So this.0 -
Posting idiotic crap like this should be grounds for a banning from the forums. I'm pretty sure we all ate fruit loops as a kid and we're alive. This is more nanny state BS from health nuts and snake oil salesmen posing as doctors.0
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I can't be a responsible adult when it comes to sugary cereal. I can't just eat one bowl.
So I don't buy it. It doesn't have any nutrition in it, so I don't buy it for the kiddos either. I occasionally buy the single serve ones as a treat, but that is all.
While we're on the subject has anyone here tried the cereal with the chocolate inside it? I can't be an adult at all with that in the house. Yummy0 -
There are no dangers of eating Froot Loops. Take it back!0
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