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SuperLife with Darin Olien

Cereal | Fatal Conveniences™

SuperLife with Darin Olien

Darin Olien

Activism, Motivation, Environment, Education, Self-improvement, Fitness, Wellness, Health, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

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 Convenience™.
What we discuss:
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?
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
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0:00.0

Did you know that cereal, a beloved breakfast item, has a strange history that includes religious

0:08.9

mania, mind control, food guns, yeah, exactly, food gun.

0:15.4

And the realization that kids have immense marketing power.

0:20.0

When you remove these factors, do you have a healthy product?

0:23.9

Tony the Tiger might stop telling children, come on Tony, that cereal is great.

0:29.2

It is not.

0:30.8

If you only knew that these refined grains genetically modified pesticides, herbicides,

0:38.9

sugar filled, preservative, quote unquote foods, there are not any of foods are causing

0:44.5

all kinds of health problems for millions of people and kids who start their day with

0:51.0

a bowl of this stuff.

0:52.4

Are granola and organic cereals any better?

0:55.7

Is this really food children and adults should be eating first thing in the morning?

1:01.4

Get ready to explore this fatal convenience cereal.

1:06.2

Before we dive into this episode, I want to thank my incredible sponsor, Therosage, I'm

1:11.7

a huge believer.

1:13.2

I love infrared sauna as a tool for better health.

1:17.1

So many studies showing the benefits of these types, and then you line up with a manufacturer

1:24.4

and a company that loves it in the way that is best for you, you know that you're hitting

1:31.4

a winner here.

1:32.4

It's one of the best ways to detox your body.

1:35.3

It's great for boosting your immune system, reducing inflammation and weight loss and detoxifying.

1:40.6

It's mulch showing up everywhere in traditional buildings and homes all over the place and

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