Foods that *seem* healthy but are not...

**Inanna** · October 24th, 2009, 06:22 PM

We don't have cereal apart from rolled oats - I just personally can't come at feeding my kids sugar for breakfast. I think those companies have a lot to answer for. My kids think I am mean for not feeding them "iron man food". I have tried to explain that iron man is on a sugar high.....

**Tinks** · October 24th, 2009, 06:24 PM

I'm the same Inanna. I refuse to allow my kids to go to school hyped up on sugar. i dn't care how 'uncool' I am. I do buy a small pack of Coco Pops as a treat on school holidays though.

**LimeSlice** · October 24th, 2009, 06:29 PM

Hot chips...well they are a vegetable...

Roll Ups are a pet peeve of mine

Commercial yoghurt

Philadelphia Cream Cheese - people seem to think that because it has way less fat than butter you can use 6 times as much of it?? lol

**Inanna** · October 24th, 2009, 06:55 PM

:yeahthat: Lime - and the fact that philly cheese barely resembles a food....

**~clover~** · October 24th, 2009, 07:04 PM

The only cereals I buy are cheerio's, nutri grain (odd occasion) & kids weetbix. Not sure if the cheerio's are as good as they say they are, but I agree with the sugar for breakfast thing. A friend of mine was shocked when she found out thats all they get.

Her child is 6 & at the dentist every other month for something new. Says alot.

TBH, I can't think of any others off the top of my head. I hate juices & cordial. Only buy one a week & the kids get one a day.

Oh I know. Nutella! I hate the advertising for that stuff! Seriously...chocolate for brekky? Go for it kids. Great idea

**Floweryfields** · October 24th, 2009, 07:03 PM

I'm the same Inanna. I refuse to allow my kids to go to school hyped up on sugar. i dn't care how 'uncool' I am. I do buy a small pack of Coco Pops as a treat on school holidays though.

I was never allowed coco pops or fruit loops as a kid - in fact, only recently (i'm 33) did I taste a dry cocopop - didn't like it either. I was allowed to have nutrigrain, rice bubbles or cornflakes though, all options I will not give to my children (i don't think!)

**~clover~** · October 24th, 2009, 07:05 PM

I was never allowed coco pops or fruit loops as a kid - in fact, only recently (i'm 33) did I taste a dry cocopop - didn't like it either. I was allowed to have nutrigrain, rice bubbles or cornflakes though, all options I will not give to my children (i don't think!)

Doubt my kids will ever get fruit loops while in my house. DD2 is allergic to some food colourings...no thanks!

**Indadhanu** · October 24th, 2009, 07:07 PM

Fruity Bix. Do you know that the wild berry fruity bix have as much sugar as Coco Pops??? Yep, its true, as I shocking found out while munching on a bowl of them! But SHHHHHH don't tell Shel. I'm always on at her about my cereal choioces being healthy and her's being unhealthy!!!!! Oh dear! LMAO!

Fruit loops and roll ups are a huge bug bear of mine. GRRRRR, neither of them resemble ANY type of fruit I know of. Actually, neither even TASTE like a fruit.