Your wish is my command... After John Belushi won the Olympic Decathalon...
Mark
Posted on 08/20/2008 5:13:26 PM PDT by Marie2
You better eat your . . . Frosted Flakes?
Olympic legend Michael Phelps will appear on boxes of the Kellogg's brand sugar cereal, drawing sharp criticism from health experts worried about the message he'll be sending to children across America.
"I would not consider Frosted Flakes the food of an Olympian," said nutritionist Rebecca Solomon of Mount Sinai Medical Center.
"I would rather see him promoting Fiber One. I would rather see him promoting oatmeal. I would even rather see him promoting Cheerios."
The announcement yesterday that Phelps, 23, winner of a record eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics, would grace Frosted Flakes and Corn Flakes boxes instead of the traditional athlete's choice of Wheaties left many perplexed.
Frosted Flakes has three times the amount of sugar as Wheaties and 1/3rd the fiber.
This doesn't matter much to a virtuoso swimmer who consumes 12,000 calories a day.
Still, in a country where childhood obesity is an alarming issue, Phelps' iconic image sharing space with Tony the Tiger sends the wrong message, experts say.
"For a guy like Michael Phelps who isn't worried about obesity because he's burning thousands of calories as an athlete...eating Corn Flakes and Frosted Flakes every so often is not an issue," Solomon said.
The Phelps-emblazoned cereal boxes hit supermarket shelves in mid-September.
But if he’d endorsed Fruit Loops, he’d have been hailed as a paragon of tolerance who appreciates diversity.
Your wish is my command... After John Belushi won the Olympic Decathalon...
Mark
That cigarette reminds me of a You Tube clip I watched today of Dean Martin singing while smoking a cigarette. Plus he was drunk. Those were the days, huh? By the way, that guy really has an amazing voice. Who knew? I’ve heard people talk about Sinatra, but not Dean Martin so much. He’s good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrIstkuso98
I will be buying more frosted flakes in the near future.
Yikes! All that fiber sure hasn’t helped Ms. Solomon.
Maybe if she indulged in some Frosted Flakes with cream once in a while, she’d be happier and not such a party pooper.
OMG my eyes, my eyes....
You rock! Haven’t seen that one before.
Yea, but first, tell us what your offer was.
For enough dough, I'll endorse these. I've never competed in the Olympics but I've watched some. You could state that right on the box in tiny little print in Chinese. I'm also pretty sure that I've eaten most of these at some point in the past.
Heck, I don't even smoke and I just went down and bought a carton!
An Olympian eats Frosted Flakes, but Ms. Solomon wouldn't consider them the food of an Olympian.
Quiz time:
Which reality exists?
A) Frosted Flakes are the food of an Olympian.
B) Frosted Flakes are not the food of an Olympian.
If you are a liberal, it is "B", because an expert said so. Facts do not matter.
At the old folks home maybe. But Frosted Flakes are for kids. They burn up the sugar in ten minutes. (At least mine do)
Santa, most doctors and your baby say, “smoke ‘em if you got ‘em!”
I just buy them for the toys.
Yeah, but we were all outside playing burning off all those Frosted Flakes and Sugar Smacks back then. Now they go from the kitchen table to the couch ~ if they’re not already eating on the couch to save energy!
Lucky Charms, a close 2nd.
The winner by a landslide, has to be....Cap’n Crunch!
(Aw geez, it’s 10:25 PM here - now I have to get dressed and go out and get some.)
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