{"id":13180,"date":"2024-07-10T20:06:13","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T20:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=13180"},"modified":"2024-07-10T20:06:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T20:06:13","slug":"experts-reveal-why-cereal-is-actually-a-terrible-choice-of-breakfast-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=13180","title":{"rendered":"Experts reveal why cereal is actually a terrible choice of breakfast food"},"content":{"rendered":"

It might be a staple breakfast for many people, but cereal may not be the healthiest way to start the day<\/h2>\n

Apparently, cereal may not be the healthiest option to have for breakfast, experts have revealed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When it comes to\u00a0breakfast<\/a>\u00a0there are any number of options out there.<\/p>\n

If you’re the sort of person who likes to spend the rest of the day sweltering in a greasy meat-sweat laden semi-coma, then perhaps a full english is your preferred breakfast.<\/p>\n

Porridge is an option for those for whom appearance and taste is less of a concern and they just want something to get them through the morning.<\/p>\n

Those who fancy themselves a bohemian type might plump for a black coffee and a cigarette, presumably with a heady dose of morning ennui.<\/p>\n

Of course, in the midst of all this the breakfast cereal has long been an option for people who want something they can literally just pour in a bowl and shovel in their face.<\/p>\n

But cereal may not be the\u00a0healthiest<\/a>\u00a0option according to dieticians.<\/p>\n

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Turns out this needs something extra to make it palatable. (Israel Sebastian \/ Getty)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Cereals continue to be a staple at the breakfast table, requiring no cooking beyond simply tipping it in a bowl with milk.<\/p>\n

Despite their being touted as healthy options, and even as part of some diet plans, cereals are not the healthy food they are often conceived as.<\/p>\n

There’s one ingredient in particular which means that cereals might be a bad option for a food to have first thing in the morning.<\/p>\n

The problem with serving processed grains is that by themselves they would tend to taste like something akin to edible sawdust.<\/p>\n

Humans have historically come up with many ways of making grains palatable, from porridge to barley stews to bread and even\u00a0beer<\/a>\u00a0as a dietary staple.<\/p>\n

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Cereal can be full to bursting with sugar. (Peter Dazeley \/ Getty)<\/cite><\/div>\n

In the case of breakfast cereals, however, the answer to how they become palatable is a very modern vice – sugar, and lots of it.<\/p>\n

The result is that you have a big sugar rush of energy first thing in the morning, only to crash once the sugar rush wears off.<\/p>\n

Increased sugar intake is also linked to rising levels of obesity, as well as inconsistent energy levels.<\/p>\n

Breakfast cereal is also a way to massively upsell something which is dirt\u00a0cheap<\/a> to produce.<\/p>\n

‘Health washing’ it with descriptors like ‘low calorie’ or ‘high fibre’ is another way to make the product more appealing, along with those big colourful packets and amusing advertising campaigns.<\/p>\n

Cereals also have a downright strange history at times, such as John Harvey Kellogg’s belief that cornflakes could be used to ‘cure’ masturbation, which might well be described as a load of old w*nk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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