9 Great Breakfast Ideas for Kids of All Ages

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Eat a diet of raw, unprocessed fruits and vegetables and you won't have to worry about all this baloney for breakfast spew.

Tig of TX 9:17PM October 01, 2008

i think this a realistic good and start for many readers. i am quite funny about what i eat, but many people are not, plus, we all have different eating habits and needs. these thoughts aside, i think people that want to take a good step foward in the areas of nutritional health, will benefit from these guide marks, even if they seem somewhat flawed. The most important thing a person can do is to first CARE and TRY to improve the health of themselves, and most importantly, their children.
*I would say though, that you should have many choices and alternatives for breakfast, like turkey bacon for a healthy bacon alternative, and vanilla soy milk, to add sweetness to healthful cereals.

of VA 8:51PM October 01, 2008

".....More incredibly misinformed and just plain dangerous advice from the shills for the sugar and starch industries. Pizza for breakfast? Fiber offsetting an unconscionable amount of sugar? Teaching children to make a "wholesome" breakfast with sugar stuffed "foods"? Not a peep about the obesity crisis among children. There's where your high blood pressure comes from. And the diabetes epidemic among children, and the liver damage, and the full blown (and in many cases irreversible) metabolic syndrome before they even become teenagers. What is that caused by? Stuffing our children with sugars. Metabolic syndrome from excess carbohydrates kills thousands of adults every year from heart attacks, diabetes, liver disease, etc. etc. Now we are advised as to how to put our children into even earlier graves."
A. Pizza is not bad for you if you eat it in moderation. It is better than 12 grams of sugar when combined with fruit, etc., like the article says...
B. High blood pressure comes from too much sodium (among other things), which was mentioned in the article.
C. The point of the article was to address issues with too much sugar in breakfast cereals, but also to mention the need for fiber. The whole Frosted Mini-Wheats thing was to say, "you are probably going to give your kids some junk cereal for breakfast, anyway, so why not choose the junk that at least has some fiber to offer," not to serve as a guide for raising one's children. Common sense has to prevail, plain and simple.
You, however (the first poster, name withheld from LA)? I think you just posted here to be confrontational and cliche'. This 'I'm going to use the Internet as my soap-box because I'm an expert on everything' mentality is tired and played out. Re-read the article and try again...or better yet, just keep your rants to yourself.

Charlie of KY 8:50PM October 01, 2008

The cereals generally are all no good. The only good one is oatmeal, processed as little as possible. No sugar - sweeten it with honey. Just about everything else is potentially bad or indeed bad and proven to be so.

Paul Stewart 8:46PM October 01, 2008

More incredibly misinformed and just plain dangerous advice from the shills for the sugar and starch industries. Pizza for breakfast? Fiber offsetting an unconscionable amount of sugar? Teaching children to make a "wholesome" breakfast with sugar stuffed "foods"? Not a peep about the obesity crisis among children. There's where your high blood pressure comes from. And the diabetes epidemic among children, and the liver damage, and the full blown (and in many cases irreversible) metabolic syndrome before they even become teenagers. What is that caused by? Stuffing our children with sugars. Metabolic syndrome from excess carbohydrates kills thousands of adults every year from heart attacks, diabetes, liver disease, etc. etc. Now we are advised as to how to put our children into even earlier graves.

of LA 8:26PM October 01, 2008

Don't forget that even if you eat a low-fat cereal you can still gain weight if you eat too much of it. That is probably what the first poster is talking about. There is the energy a cereal has and then there is the fat content a cereal has. If you don't use the calories, your body will turn it into fat. If you eat foods containing a lot of fat, there is more energy per gram -- which means that even if you eat one gram of fat, the energy in one gram is the equivalent of 2.25 grams of protein. In addition, fat is much less likely to have nourishment. Lastly, it's important to remember that a well-rounded diet is important. Cutting out all fat from your diet means that your body will have difficulty getting the fat-soluble vitamins like A, D, and E.

Jennifer of OR 8:25PM October 01, 2008

When I was a kid, my family raised and fattened hogs. We bought Kellogg's cereal that was burnt,from machine clean outs or whatever was not salable to people. The hogs grew and got fat on the cereal. Notice that they were getting fat on a low fat diet and little exercise.
Is there a lesson here for people?

mm of MI 7:43PM October 01, 2008

I have been eating Special K with a little honey not at breakfast but as my bed time snack. I have lost nearly 70 lbs this past year cutting back and eating my Special K. The reason I've lost all this weight is due to ending my love affair with Wendy's and McDonalds fast food. Today makes it one year since I've had fast food (with the exception of an ocassional pizza). I'm a believer!

tina sherman of OH 7:31PM October 01, 2008