Nutella on toast is a nutritious way to start the day ??!!

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AIBU to think that the Nutella ad that states that Nutella on toast is a nutritious way to start the day is a bit far fetched ? It also says that Nutella releases energy slowly making it an ideal breakfast. How can the stuff that Ferero Rochers are filled with be nutritious ? It's pure sugar and fat!!!

I understand 'hagelslag' even less. So messy, but kids love it.

Honey is actually very healthy - it's been proven to be more effective then cough syrup for a cough.

I think the marshmallow stuff is in the bakery section. It's particularly yummy with icecream.

do asda/tesco sell it?

belgo - hagelslag is fab!!! In fact, it is the one thing I really miss from home...

Hoey is good for coughs - but it is no healthier as food than any other sugar. Bees have obviously hired the best marketting company in the world!

well obviously it is healthier then other sugars if it is good for coughs.

Marshmallow fluff is usually near the nutella. You can also get it ready-swirled with peanut butter for a fluffernutter sandwich.
And isn't toast carcinogenic anyway?

i'm with sallystrawberry on this. am a chocoholic, as is DH and DS, so it's not a matter of it being nutritious or not, but that i'd be sneaking spoons of it in the kitchen, DS would refuse to eat anything else, knowing it's in the cupboard (and is now smart enough to drag a chair along to the cupboard and check out the contents for himself), then DH would moan coz we'd eaten it all.

a big sliipery slope for

would rather have black coffee and a fag

Actually I get our au pairs, who generally come from holland, to bring hagelslag with them when they come. I then hide it from the dcs as I do not want the dcs to learn how nice it is, otherwise I'd have to share it.
Apparently honey is a medium GI food, while sugar itself is a high GI food, so it IS better than sugar.

I can't get the little buggers to eat anything in the morning, no matter if it is healthy or not.

(Baffled emoticon) in Belgo's direction

Just because it's good for soothing a cough doesn't mean it's any healthier nutritionally. As I said - bees have a fab marketting department!

My dd had a pancake with chocolate spread (I know I said I don't have it in the house, but I was shopping yesterday evening and remembered this thread and decided my children were deprived) and an entire punnet of blueberries. I am absolutely sure that the blueberries cancelled out the chocolate spread.

I also believe that wine counts as one of your 5 a day because it's made out of grapes.

Ok I know it is wrong but every time I start up Mumsnet I think mmmmmmm Nutella, I remember one occasion in my student days when I sat in a corner with a jar and no spoon. mmmmmmmmmmmmm, too good for the kids, also my are dairy free so all the more for me. Also re the honey argument isn't a large part of nutrion calories, honey has plenty of those as well as some vitamins etc I would imagine, so is definatley better than honey.

at all this thread

I THINK I remember reading that, actually, SUGAR is good for coughs. It doesn't vastly matter WHICH sugar, unless you count the power of a placebo

I don't think that something being good for a cough is necessarily indicative of its nutritional status...

A quick google and I've come acros this about honey :here

'It also contains 35 % grape sugar, 17 % water, 2 % sucrose and small amounts of minerals and amino acids. Besides this, honey contains nearly all of the trace elements that the human body needs.'
and
'It?s a gentle laxative for youngsters. It?s an excellent form of quick energy. It contains amino acids that help build up calcium in the body. It is mildly sedative and encourages sleep.'

I can't get my head round Nutella on toast. French bread? A spoon? A finger? All yes. But toast? Blee.

As it happens, I can't stand the taste of honey

and I would rather my children ate honey rather then golden syrup for example.

nutella on toast isn't too bad. It kind of melts a little.

Don't know what it is - just the crunchy toast and Nutella. eeww

pmsl at the honey promoters

It is basically sugar.

And it tastes revolting

'And it tastes revolting'

have to agree with you there Filly (glad you're back btw!)

I personally think very few foods are actually bad - it's the amount you eat of them that can cause the problem.

Nutella eaten straight out of the jar with a spoon is the only way for me I am afraid. It is one of my trigger foods.

However I would probably not give it to my children for breakfast.

yes, if you have it much better straight out the jar or on french bread. Melting on toast doesn't seem right.