There are many critics who would have us do away with sweetened breakfast cereals. But how bad are they?
No, you do not get l00% of your RDAs (recommended nutrient intakes) from Trix or any other cereal for that matter. But the nutrition facts are nonetheless impressive. A one cup serving offers 25% of your requirements of folic acid, zinc, iron, niacin, vitamin B-12, riboflavin, and other essentials. When you add milk, you get even more. So what's with this comparison to "cookies"? And you get all this nutrition for only 120 calories – 160 with milk. In each serving you get 13 grams of added sugar – which is about 3 teaspoons, containing about 50 calories.
Sure, healthier, unsweetened cereals wouldn't have that extra 50 calories, but the're also a lot less likely to wind up inside the kid.
Hyperactivity? Alas, you'll have to do serious hunting to find a study that shows any relationship between sugar consumption and hyperactivity.
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