Why You Should be Worried if Your Kids' Cereal is Widely Known

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Susie1 — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:17:47 GMT

What really scares me is that the big food marketers will become so large and powerful that all farmers won't be able to sell their foods without it being processed in some way or another...

I'm glad to say though that I am really starting to look at my diet and I want to thank Mercola for all the helpful information he is giving to everyone.

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shnikkidrum — Thu, 22 May 2008 05:43:46 GMT

Naomi, i have put together some breakfast recipes which are gluten, dairy and preservative free. You can find them at my blog here: nikkisblogspot.com/.../first-post-its-a-good-one

Work/Family Safe

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Veslemor — Mon, 19 May 2008 18:41:32 GMT

Also- there shouldn't BE sedentary girls aged 9 to 13.

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rozzjack — Mon, 19 May 2008 17:03:57 GMT

I was surprised to see mushrooms and heated olive oil in the recepie. I thought Dr. Mercola said we weren't supposed to put fungus in the body and heat olive oil. Aren't we supposed to only heat coconut oil? What's the deal?

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Fred Potter — Sun, 18 May 2008 23:40:58 GMT

I'm sure the sugaring of cereals is bad, but the other breakfasts take so long. Sometimes I hard boil three eggs the previous night then eat them for breakfast with cream and mayonnaise. Yum.

Another point. Why is it unhealthy to play computer games, but OK to read or do homework?

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phil stilliard — Sun, 18 May 2008 20:37:51 GMT

what do you mean by 'daily sugar intake'? It should be zero!!

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Sray — Sun, 18 May 2008 06:09:24 GMT

love my raw granola/raw cereal, satisfies better than cooked oats or packaged cereal, and tastes better:

nut milk, banana, stabilized rice bran(looks like pablum but tastes better and is a rich source of Vitamin E), ground flax, raw coconut flakes, soaked and then dehydrated nuts (walnuts usually), crisp apple pieces, a small handful of raisons, cinnamon, hemp protein powder and good oil of your choice (I use Udo's DHA oil from cooler in health store). Sprinkle on maple sugar if you want. Once I gathered all these ingredients, it takes maybe 2 minutes to make it. Jet fuel. To get truly raw and fresh rice bran, nuts, coconut flakes, you'll need to shop at a trusted raw food source, such as sunfood.com. There are many others; but also deception is rampant, and much of what is called raw is not. So doing raw food you have to know your sources. sunorganicfarm.com is great for fresh nuts and seeds

It helps to make raw nut milk in advance and freeze it in half gallon plastic bottles. Take it out, as it thaws in the refrigerator, you'll get a cup or so of fresh nut milk each day for about 6 days. Otherwise it is too much work to make nut milk fresh every day or two. How to make nut milk: soak any nuts or seeds overnight. Sterilize the soak water with lemon juice, hydrogen peroxide or colloidal silver or ozone, drain the water in the morning and put the nuts in a blender with water, blend to a mush. Strain the mush, the liquid is milk, the pulp is protein. I used to be allergic to nuts, but by soaking overnight allergies to nuts are gone.

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xenia — Sun, 18 May 2008 05:36:19 GMT

I fully agree with Dr. Mercola's comments on grains, sugar etc. However I have to add that preparing the omelet on the olive oil destroys all of its positive effects it would otherwise have on the body.

Olive oil is a mostly unsaturated oil (according to Dr. Mary Enig, it contains 71 % oleic acid and 14 %palmitic acid - both are unsaturated). We know what happens with unsaturated fats when they get heated ...You are paying a higher price for a 'virgin, cold pressed' product, only to destroy those very properties before you even put the oil into your body. Heated oil increases the oxidative properties of the oil - the very opposite of what we are hoping to achieve. No cold pressed products should be heated!

So the right way to cook is to cook on minimum amounts of coconut oil or butter (both highly saturated) and then add the olive oil AFTERWARDS.

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Naom i — Sat, 17 May 2008 20:37:48 GMT

Great article, I would however, love some suggestions on alternatives. Bearing in mind I live pretty remotely (no whole foods market etc) besides the omelets that dr mercola suggested of course.

Many thanks

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sether27 — Sat, 17 May 2008 19:41:30 GMT

Im a competitive runner and have sugar and cereal all the time. I don't get sick and I feel great. would all this negativity to sugar apply to someone extremely active?

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freddiflutter — Sat, 17 May 2008 18:41:49 GMT

I have a question. What is rice mozarella? It's one of the ingredients in this recipe. Is the rice a typo? Is it just mozarella cheese or what?

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Dr. David Spitz — Sat, 17 May 2008 16:51:23 GMT

The cereal companies are committing a crime. Enough said.

Dr Dave

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evihcra — Sat, 17 May 2008 16:44:02 GMT

Another thing about grains: The medical community will tell you that only about 2% of people in this country are gluten-intolerant. But how do they come by this number? Doctors DON'T TEST children or adults for gluten-intolerance. Sometimes it isn't recognized in people until they come down with cancer or some other crisis. I suspect that many "allergic" children may have hidden gluten-intolerance. This is what is going on in my family right now. The doctors will tell you that the only way to test for gluten-intolerance/celiac is to put a tube down your throat and snip off a piece of your intestine. But there is a lab in TX now doing the test using a stool sample.

These cereals, of course, are also DEAD foods with no redeeming nutritional value.

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Michele_203 — Sat, 17 May 2008 15:26:35 GMT

Please everyone--we may not agree on every nitty gritty issue, but I implore you all to remember that we are on the same side, if only by virtue of being against the other side. We share a common enemy, that is, the deliberate, assiduous and pernicious corruption, by powerful forces, of our food supply. Furthermore, ignorance is the ally of this aggressive adversary. Even if we differ about the small stuff, we must all work together to spread awareness among our neighbors. Keep in mind that there isn't a one-size-fits-all dietary solution, even though we can be assured that spreading throughout our country is a one-size-fits-all dietary malignancy which decades of complacency have allowed to become deeply rooted, and which is being exported throughout the world. As an American, I am very much ashamed of the way America has exploited its influence as a world leader to the detriment of mankind rather than employing our resources and power toward the benefit of our own citizens and the rest of the world. Looking at the multitude of posts on mercola.com, it is evident that we have the numbers to be a powerful force for positive change, but we have to stand together and support each other. Let's keep our eye on the ball.

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JackieB_203 — Sat, 17 May 2008 14:50:53 GMT

Thanks, Dr. Mercola, for posting this important topic once again. I urge every reader, especially, those who are convinced that they must serve some form of grain for breakfast to read the past articles offered in Mercola.com by Ron Rosedale, MD…”Insulin and Its Metabolic Effects”… <articles.mercola.com/.../insulin-part-one.aspx>

Adults and children do not have a daily requirement for carbohydrate intake – especially not from grains (and sugar). Get smart and start serving whole foods cooked from scratch. Healthy and economical, too. Packaged food are expensive.

JackiOH