Cereal | Fatal Conveniences™

  Did you know that cereal, a beloved breakfast item, has a strange history that includes religious mania, mind control, food guns, and the realization that kids have immense marketing power?  When you remove those factors, do you have a healthy product? Tony the Tiger might stop telling children that cereal is “Grrreat” if he knew they were full of refined grains, GMOs, pesticides, herbicides, and sugar that are causing all kinds of health problems for the millions of people who start their day with a bowl of this stuff.  But are granola and organic cereals any better? Is this food children and adults should be eating first thing in the morning? That’s what we will explore in this episode of Fatal ConvenienceS™. Reliable Sources where you can learn more: A fun read from the NY Times on the history of cereal here A study on added sugar consumption and chronic disease risk factors here HealthLine article on 12 healthy breakfast choices here EWG analysis on children’s cereals here EWG article on Cereal Offenders here A Harvard doctor’s recipe for a healthy breakfast here 30 Nutritionist-Approved Healthy Breakfast Ideas here Is Granola Healthy? here BREAKDOWN 05:15: What is the history of cereal?10:02: Why is cereal a fatal convenience?13:59: What can you eat instead of sugary cereals? LINKS Find more from Darin: Website: https://superlife.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Darinolien/Book: https://superlife.com/fatal-conveniences-book/Down to Earth: https://superlife.com/down-to-earth/ SPONSORS Thank you to our sponsors: Order the Fatal Conveniences book TODAY: https://superlife.com/fatal-conveniences-book/ Shop Therasage and use code DARIN to save 15% on your purchase: https://therasage.com/pages/shop I hope you enjoyed this episode of The Darin Olien Show! If you want to support or follow the podcast, here’s how: Subscribe, rate or listen on Apple, Spotify, Stitcher Follow my Instagram to keep updated on the podcast, weekly deep dives and other projects that I’m supporting (and the occasional Chaga appreciation post) Sign up for my Weekly Email to keep up with what I’m tuned into. For feedback or suggestions, email my team at [email protected] Find the list of brands & products that get the big tick of approval from me here. Comment below to join the discussion!