As a part of a balanced diet, yes.
In the quantities we're all taking about, it's hard to say these "breakfasts" are positively contributing though.
In the quantities we're all taking about, it's hard to say these "breakfasts" are positively contributing though.
It's a nutrient. This is an enumerable set of chemicals. Balancing nutrition is a different matter entirely.
> In the quantities we're all taking about, it's hard to say these "breakfasts" are positively contributing though.
I eat sugary cereals every morning, and it's about half my daily sugar consumption. I don't see any problem with it—I don't have diabetes, I have a healthy weight, etc. The idea that foods are somehow inherently bad because they're sugary is ridiculous. It's the eating habits that are unhealthy, not the food. Sugar isn't rat poison ffs.
The problem is to some people sugar is also more addictive than alcohol or their favorite recreational drug. I'm going out on a limb and guessing rat poison isn't as addictive to rats.
That's not a sugar problem, that's a consumption problem. It's also a necessary nutrient to function, so it's addictive somewhat by definition, like water is addictive, or oxygen is.
So is classifying foods as "unhealthy" or "healthy" but people do that all the time.
https://youtu.be/dBnniua6-oM?si=1_OBYqk6vmQl4N5K
So I’m sorry but some sugary foods ARE inherently bad and sugary cereals are one of them and that’s not even getting into the addiction side of it and how marketing them to kids sets many up for obesity and chronic diseases
Btw you can also be “skinny fat” from sugars
I also don't want to truly deny the addictive nature of sugar. It can have enormously negative effects on peoples lives. The answer is not to reject sugar, though! It is to moderate sugar intake.
People who start smoking before their 20s have a much MUCH harder time quitting.