The announcement that Olympic champ Michael Phelps will be whoring Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes instead of the traditional athlete’s choice of Wheaties has left many perplexed and angered.
Frosted Flakes has three times the amount of sugar as Wheaties and 1/3rd the fiber.
Phelps is now being criticized by health experts who are worried about the message he’ll be sending to children across America.
Nutritionist Rebecca Solomon of New York’s Mount Sinai Medical Center says, “I would not consider Frosted Flakes the food of an Olympian. I would rather see him promoting Fiber One. I would rather see him promoting oatmeal. I would even rather see him promoting Cheerios.”
Childhood obesity is becoming quite the problem in America and Phelps giving the thumbs up to sugary cereal sends the wrong message, experts say.
Phelps and his agent were probably too blinded by the money Kelloggs threw their way to take health concerns into account.
But at the end of the day it’s up to mom and dad not to buy crap for their kids, right?
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