Needless to state, I rarely stroll down\u00a0the cereal aisle at the supermarket… it’s been years since I’ve eaten anything more processed than\u00a0old\u00a0fashioned rolled oats.\u00a0 Roald Dahl neatly\u00a0summed up my opinion of most\u00a0ready-to-eat breakfast cereals in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”…<\/p>\n
“Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It’s made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
It’s only a slight exaggeration.\u00a0 As far as I’m concerned, most of ’em are fortified junk food.\u00a0 So I’m definitely with the author of this Washington Post article…<\/a><\/p>\n
Kellogg’s has reformulated its Rice Krispies<\/a> and Cocoa Krispies<\/a> cereals, fortifying them with vitamins A, C, and E and a bunch of B vitamins. The boxes and ads now tout that “each and every box” of Krispies has ingredients that “help support your child’s immunity.”<\/p>\n
…Rice Krispies aren’t the worst cereal in the world. They’re pretty low-calorie and less sugary than most. But to suggest to parents that feeding them to kids will help protect the little ones against disease — and that’s what they mean when they talk about “boosting immunity” — seems absurd.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n