Sugary Cereals Are Fine “Nutrition” for Kids, The Wall Street Journal Says

As you may have noticed, there is so much sugar news that this SUGAR SHOCK! Blog now has another talented researcher/contributor, Karen James. Here are Karen’s thoughts about sugary cereals.

I just have to respond to The Wall Street Journal’s editorial “Cereal Killer” (subscription required) that ran soon after the Kellogg Co. announced that it would stop marketing its cereals to children under 12 if they did not—or could not be reformulated to—contain 12 grams (3 tsp.) or less of sugar per serving.

I’m not sure whether the following statement is the ultimate expression of naïveté or denial:

"Sugared breakfast cereals aren’t the cause of obesity among children. They’ve been around for decades and are a source of nutrition for children who will find a way to sweeten plain corn flakes in any case."

Chock full of empty-calories, the refined sugars and culprit carbs in these products don’t belong in the same sentence with the word “nutrition.” Perhaps sugared cereals and other processed foods have been around for decades, but the fact that Americans have subsequently experienced epidemic rates of obesity and diabetes gives me pause to seriously question the Journal’s logic.

By Karen James for the SUGAR SHOCK! Blog