Are any store bought boxed cereals actually healthy?
Naturally, my kids love boxed cereal. Of course I also know that most of them are just packed with sugar and other less than wonderful things. I feel like the packaging on many is misleading. Are there any boxed cereals that actually make for a decent occasional breakfast that kids might enjoy?
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First, there is no such thing as junk food- there are no foods which are toxic (else it wouldn't be food, it would be poison), and no foods made with nuts and screws and bits of broken glass and plastic. All food provides the body something it needs- even if that something is plain calories- trust me, you die sooner from no calories- or not enough calories- than you do from, oh, a lack of selenium.
You are actually trying to describe nutritional bang for caloric buck. Not a bad deal, really, but here's another trust me: It isn't "good nutrition" which makes you healthy because A) you cannot define healthy, and B) you have no clue how nutrition- or "health"- aligns with or works against your own, individual genetics. Genetics, it turns out, rules all- might take awhile, but if your family runs high cholesterol, you can only hold it off until late middle-age; after that, your doctor will be lecturing you on getting those numbers under control. shrug It's the way it all works. I can agree trying to feed a child less sugar-laden, caloric-bang for less nutritional buck, is helpful; but it really and truly doesn't "fix" any problems genetics has in store for a person. If you are genetically primed for diabetes, you will develop diabetes- the difference nutrition makes is how long you have to watch your numbers- from young adult hood till death? Or from late middle age until death?
So, nutritional bang for caloric buck cereals are available. Try Raisin Bran, All-Bran, Wheaties, Shredded Wheat, Great Grains, plain, ol' Cheerios
None of the above are going to be low-carb- they're grains, for goodness sakes! But they all provide low simple-sugar/higher protein/higer fiber than the kind of cereal kids prefer-which is Lucky Charms or Frosted MinWheats.
Good luck. I understand exactly how difficult it is to believe what I am telling you, but your challenge is, I have biological science on my side. You have the claims of people who hope the strength of their belief is as good as biological science.
It isn't.