DH thinks rice crispies are a suitable breakfast

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That's it really, DH would happily send children (3&6) off to school/childminder on one bowl of rice crispies and a bit of fruit in the morning. I feel very strongly about filling kids tummies properly before school, and while i have no problem with a bowl of rice crispies now and then, that they are ultimately just puffs of air, and the children need something more nutritionally dense.

We argued about it properly this morning, and now he's in a huff about me undermining him. I just want to guage what others think - is a bowl of rice crispies and a bit of fruit enough to keep a child's energy levels up all morning?

Breakfast cereals are fine as part of a balanced diet. What’s not healthy is parents that stress out over every little bit of sugar their children consume (I also find those kids are the ones that go the most crazy at parties).

Obviously this is because I am a terrible mother who gave her children rice crispies this very morning but I'm really confused as to why people think weetabix is amazing but rice crispies are junk - I've just looked at both packets and they're really not so very different. I also love the person saying that rice crispies are terrible because sugar is the second ingredient - they only have four! It's the third ingredient in weetabix...

Yes, sorry I have repeated that! I just find it so strange that people keep repeating that rice Krispies are the same as a bowl of rice. But why do they taste so sweet then? Because of all the added sugar! I just thought that would be obvious. I prefer Weetabix as one of the few low sugar cereals - still sweet, though! I think bread on the whole is superior to cereal but of course within the range of 'cereal' and 'bread' there are many options.

I don't think my views are extremist or unhealthy. I find the view that because it is called 'breakfast cereal' it must be good more extreme and unhealthy. I think it's ok to acknowledge most cereal is very sugary and not good for you. It would be extreme and unhealthy to never let your children eat it, but mine do eat it, just not every day.

No, they are medium in sugar- read the label.

They have no value at all and are empty calories.

Low fibre, medium sugar.

You want to watch the Youtube video about Kellogg's (from the Sates) which accuses them of creating a product as addictive (and as bad, long term) as smoking.

The whole refined cereal industry is a cynical business plan to get kids hooked on sugary cereals.

Also from all the 'there's no fat or protein' - is no one else putting milk on their kids' cereal?!

You want to watch the Youtube video about Kellogg's (from the Sates) which accuses them of creating a product as addictive (and as bad, long term) as smoking.

I really don't.

The second ingredient is sugar and they are not low sugar.

Oh ffs this is the worst thread I’ve seen. No it’s not ok. No wonder kids struggle. They need fat and protein not air for breakfast

They could do a lot worse than that. Many children don’t get the opportunity for a breakfast at all

So it's a race to the bottom in your opinion?

Why not?

They don’t ‘taste so sweet.’ Have you got absolutely no concept of relativity? If plain Rice Krispies taste ‘so sweet’ what does a Mars bar taste like? Or a Coca Cola ice cream float? Just because something has sugar as an ingredient doesn’t mean it tastes ‘so sweet.’ This is giving those posts where a poster boasts about how they can only nibble the end of a digestive and could never ever finish one since they’re soooooo sickly. Or maybe one of those videos where people rate normal foods by how much they would horrify Gwyneth Paltrow.

Not a small bowl of plain cooked rice, 2 tablespoons of it. That's the same mass as 30g of rice crispies.

The extrusion process used for these cereals destroys most of the nutrients in the grains. It destroys the fatty acids; it even destroys the chemical vitamins that are added at the end. The amino acids are rendered very toxic by this process. The amino acid lysine, a crucial nutrient, is especially denatured by extrusion. This is how all the boxed cereals are made, even the ones sold in the health food stores.

Are you really saying you don't understand?

Try doing some learning about basic nutrition.

Rice Krispies aren't exactly healthy but they're not the worst breakfast either. There are a lot of worse cereal choices that are filled with sugar and additives.

I would judge by whether the kids like them and whether they complain of being hungry before lunch or not.

I’ve had rice crispies for breakfast every day this week and that’s what I was given in hospital after having my baby as well so it’s completely fine 🤷‍♀️😂

Sorry 2tbsp of uncooked rice not cooked. Still doesn't seem a lot.

I also love the person saying that rice crispies are terrible because sugar is the second ingredient - they only have four! It's the third ingredient in weetabix...

@Hardbackwriter You have an issue reading labels.

Weetabix has 10% fibre and 12% protein.

RC have 2.9% fibre

Oh FFS.

I do hope this is a joke.

Yes, I am saying that I look at these two labels and see a difference but not one that makes one a great food and the other junk - especially as my children are getting the same whole milk and banana with it either way.

For me there is also quite a big practical difference, as weetabix gives one of my children diarrhea...

Because we have lives

I just meant if you'd rather not give cereal like Rice Krispies because of the sugar (it's a medium sugar one so not one of the lowest) then you presumably would be giving plain yogurt and sugar free muesli.

Sounds pretty normal to me! If they were still hungry you'd know about it.

Because I think watching conspiracy videos on YouTube is a lot worse for you than a bit of sugar is