Wendy's Frost Cereal... is a real thing now!

[VirtualLarry]

Robot or human?

Crazy, I know. Who eats Frosty's for breakfast? The snowman?

 

[nakedfrog]

They have all kinds of crazy breakfast cereal now, this doesn't surprise me one bit.

 

[Torn Mind]

Get the children hooked early. Watch as they develop diabetes and favor sweet foods.

(They get vitamins via fortification though...so no overt disasters like neural issues from lack of folate)

1 serving is 42g, just how much is that really? I'll bet most will consume double that.

 

[Kaido]

# TeamVanillaFrosty

 

[Brainonska511]

Robot or human?

Crazy, I know. Who eats Frosty's for breakfast? The snowman?

Why not? 3/4 of breakfast cereals are basically candy with all the sugar in them.

 

[UsandThem]

Why not? 3/4 of breakfast cereals are basically candy with all the sugar in them.

Wrong!

Nobody is going to tell me that Cookie Crisp and Fruity Pebbles isn't a part of a balanced breakfast.

 

[Torn Mind]

Wrong!

Nobody is going to tell me that Cookie Crisp and Fruity Pebbles isn't a part of a balanced breakfast.

Cinnamon Toast Crunch left an impression on me. Didn't actually eat many boxes of it...but memories persist.

 

[Meghan54]

Get the children hooked early. Watch as they develop diabetes and favor sweet foods.

Did you know it takes no effort on anyone's part to get kids to like sweet foods. Infants prefer sweet when exposed to it over almost any other "flavor" they experience...without prompting from any external source.

 

[Captante]

Get the children hooked early. Watch as they develop diabetes and favor sweet foods.

(They get vitamins via fortification though...so no overt disasters like neural issues from lack of folate)

1 serving is 42g, just how much is that really? I'll bet most will consume double that.

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28 grams = one oz ... volume will vary but less then 1/2 cup I bet.

When I eat cereal I eat at least 3-4 "servings" every time.

 

[Torn Mind]

Did you know it takes no effort on anyone's part to get kids to like sweet foods. Infants prefer sweet when exposed to it over almost any other "flavor" they experience...without prompting from any external source.

There might be a couple other things going on chemically besides just a preference for the taste. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/processed-carbohydrates-are-addictive-brain-study-suggests/

The insulin "rise-and-fall" because ingrained on a very young mind.

The sweet foods also cause a release of dopamine, and that is the "feel good" hormone that comes around after sex, certain drugs, exercise, etc. If someone is mentally in pain,

Some people love just the taste. I like the taste but it's the aftereffects that makes me prefer actual sugars over artificial sweeteners. Taste alone often does not satisfy in my case, the "jolt" and "comfort" is needed to approve the sweetener. The likes of grains, potatoes, certain fruits are similarly "satisfactory" to eat; basically any higher GI index food. Sucralose and acesulfame potassium are actually rather disgusting to eat. My mom is even more sensitive. Monkfruit extract, allulose, both "ruined" red bean paste that was homemade.

When I tried to go really low carb, a sort of meat and vegetables diet, cravings for specific foods like éclairs suddenly come out, a food I had not craved for years and I felt like garbage.

While my childhood diet had plenty of starch, being a mix of mild Eastern Chinese cuisine(which is arguably far unhealthier than the pungent, pickled/salty foods in the west) and cheap American store foods, it was not as bad as some other children. I normally hated cereal, normally hated bread, soda was not accessible, no Twinkies, and McDonalds and the like were never eaten. Mom would buy orange juice, which I also didn't like much but it is certainly better than many alternatives.

There's also a genetic factor, I apparently have the preference for sweet over salty, if ancestry's trait report is accurate.

There are anecdotes that even people other societies who consume some carbohydrates regularly are overwhelmed by the level of sweetness in American foods. Some things are overwhelmingly nasty sweet, like most store icings.

 

[Charmonium]

Hmm, nothing about Cap'n Crunch. As you were.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Hmm, nothing about Cap'n Crunch. As you were.

John Draper, the infamous phone phreaker of the 70s?

 

[feralkid]

Hmm, nothing about Cap'n Crunch. As you were.

Way of the future.

 

[Charmonium]

John Draper

I did not know that. Of course I knew who Captain Crunch was. And Grampa is still kickin it. Who you callin grampa grampa?

edit: Just out curiosity, did he just wait until all of potential statutes of limitation expired?

Why is he carrying the quart-size oleoresin capsicum?

 

[Captante]

There might be a couple other things going on chemically besides just a preference for the taste. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/processed-carbohydrates-are-addictive-brain-study-suggests/

The insulin "rise-and-fall" because ingrained on a very young mind.

The sweet foods also cause a release of dopamine, and that is the "feel good" hormone that comes around after sex, certain drugs, exercise, etc. If someone is mentally in pain,

Some people love just the taste. I like the taste but it's the aftereffects that makes me prefer actual sugars over artificial sweeteners. Taste alone often does not satisfy in my case, the "jolt" and "comfort" is needed to approve the sweetener. The likes of grains, potatoes, certain fruits are similarly "satisfactory" to eat; basically any higher GI index food. Sucralose and acesulfame potassium are actually rather disgusting to eat. My mom is even more sensitive. Monkfruit extract, allulose, both "ruined" red bean paste that was homemade.

When I tried to go really low carb, a sort of meat and vegetables diet, cravings for specific foods like éclairs suddenly come out, a food I had not craved for years and I felt like garbage.

While my childhood diet had plenty of starch, being a mix of mild Eastern Chinese cuisine(which is arguably far unhealthier than the pungent, pickled/salty foods in the west) and cheap American store foods, it was not as bad as some other children. I normally hated cereal, normally hated bread, soda was not accessible, no Twinkies, and McDonalds and the like were never eaten. Mom would buy orange juice, which I also didn't like much but it is certainly better than many alternatives.

There's also a genetic factor, I apparently have the preference for sweet over salty, if ancestry's trait report is accurate.

There are anecdotes that even people other societies who consume some carbohydrates regularly are overwhelmed by the level of sweetness in American foods. Some things are overwhelmingly nasty sweet, like most store icings.

I'm at the point where the "normal" levels of sweetness or saltiness in a lot of processed foods is overwhelming myself.

Reading nutrition labels and ingredient lists in the supermarket can be a sobering experience.

 

[nakedfrog]

I did try that Magic Spoon cereal, it's pretty good, but a bit spendy.