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Now, while I agree that marijuana should be legal, it's still bad for you as smoking anything is. Pot may have some benefits, but it's still smoking and smoking is bad for you. Hell, I think we should boycott Michael Phelps for being an idiot and doing things to his body an athlete shouldn't do. I mean, come on--a guy who swims doing something that could impact his capacity to breathe well??
What a fracking moron.
But I don't think we should bail on boycotting Kellogg's. Remember, I said I am all for avoiding their cereals--the question is why.
The image attached to this post gives it away. We're all led to believe by the Kellogg's Company that Corn Flakes is a tasty, reasonably healthy cereal. Hell, it's got a polygoldmedallic Olympic swimmer on the box! How could it not be healthy? But check out the ingredients:
MILLED CORN, SUGAR, MALT FLAVORING, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, SALT, IRON, NIACINAMIDE, SODIUM ASCORBATE AND ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C), PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6), RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), THIAMIN HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B1), VITAMIN A PALMITATE, FOLIC ACID, VITAMIN B12, AND VITAMIN D.
Sure, it's got STACKS of vitamins in it, but its second and fourth-most plentiful substances are refined sugar and high fructose corn syrup. Those two things are actually quite bad for you. Refined sugar leaches vitamins from your system and messes with your adrenal glands. HFCS has been linked to the rise of obesity in the US.
THIS is why we should boycott Kellogg's cereal. Not because of some stupid marketing choice but because they put things harmful to our bodies in cereals that are supposed to be "part of this nutritious breakfast."
And kids, don't smoke. It's just bad for you.
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Forgot to include a link to the original ingredients on Kellogg's own website: http://www2.kelloggs.com/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?product=449
Cereal happens to be one of my least favorite health food topics. I post about it all of the time, however, because cereal is a hard habit to break.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is that even health food stores carry crappy cereal. While the cereal boxes are made with recycled materials and the picture shows giant, blown-up grains with chopped-up fresh fruit, more often than not, the cereal is full of sugar. NOT HFCS, mind you, because that product has received the worst hype lately, but even organic sugar is still sugar!
"Health food" companies make me most furious because they prey especially on people who are trying to eat healthy. They know the exact marketing tactics to use to cover up the fact that they are just another sugary cereal.
I'm glad that you are not only promoting health, but that people think for themselves.
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I honestly don't care if Phelps takes a hit off a bong. The press is going after stories to distract us from people are losing jobs and homes. Plus, it makes all those moralizers happy.
ReplyDeleteI would have been appalled, however, if Phelps drove under the influence of pot. That would be stupid.
That Kellogs doesn't do good with its ingredients - that is cause for concern.
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