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A conspiracy theory states that breakfast is the most blah blah was invented by the agri-lobby to up the sales of cereal etc.

carlesfe 11y ago
It's not so conspiranoic; the agri-lobby managed to get cereals and grains (+pasta) in the base of the food pyramid, where it should be at the top, since they're essentialy refined carbs. Granted, in the 50s we didn't have the same scientific knowledge as we do today, but the food pyramid was "invented" by them for their own benefit, make no mistake. Remember when butter was good for you because it lubricated your arteries?[1] Or when doctors were associated with smoking?[2] This sort of propaganda easily permeates into popular culture and can cause a lot of harm. Refined carbs are 90% guilty of the worldwide obesity pandemic. [1] https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/78/d4/5b/78d45b7a6ad02cdb81b811225aa73a46.jpg https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/78/d4/5b/78d45b7a6... [2] http://editorial.designtaxi.com/news-smoke1804/3.jpg http://editorial.designtaxi.com/news-smoke1804/3.jpg
tdkl 11y ago
""[I]n many ways, the breakfast is the most important meal of the day, because it is the meal that gets the day started," Lenna F. Cooper, B.S., writes in a 1917 issue of Good Health, the self-proclaimed "oldest health magazine in the world" edited by none other than Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, the co-inventor of flaked cereal. "It should not be eaten hurriedly, and all the family, so far as possible, should partake of it together. And above all, it should be made up of easily digested foods, and balanced in such a way that the various food elements are present in the right proportions. It should not be a heavy meal, consisting of over five to seven hundred calories," Cooper's article continues. Granted, Kellogg did hold an M.D. degree, but there's no denying he had a product to sell." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/06/breakfast-most-important-history_n_5910054.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/06/breakfast-most-impo...
- jschwartzi 11y ago
  "It should not be a heavy meal, consisting of over five to seven hundred calories" is still good advice. That's about how big my breakfast is. Yes, I weigh it and count the calories.
StavrosK 11y ago
This doctor's channel is great: http://youtu.be/Syleh_6Aopw http://youtu.be/Syleh_6Aopw
ionised 11y ago
They pretty much succeded in convinving people that eggs were bad and breakfast cereals were good for so long, so I can believe it.

carlesfe 11y ago

It's not so conspiranoic; the agri-lobby managed to get cereals and grains (+pasta) in the base of the food pyramid, where it should be at the top, since they're essentialy refined carbs. Granted, in the 50s we didn't have the same scientific knowledge as we do today, but the food pyramid was "invented" by them for their own benefit, make no mistake. Remember when butter was good for you because it lubricated your arteries?[1] Or when doctors were associated with smoking?[2] This sort of propaganda easily permeates into popular culture and can cause a lot of harm. Refined carbs are 90% guilty of the worldwide obesity pandemic. [1] https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/78/d4/5b/78d45b7a6ad02cdb81b811225aa73a46.jpg https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/78/d4/5b/78d45b7a6... [2] http://editorial.designtaxi.com/news-smoke1804/3.jpg http://editorial.designtaxi.com/news-smoke1804/3.jpg

tdkl 11y ago

""[I]n many ways, the breakfast is the most important meal of the day, because it is the meal that gets the day started," Lenna F. Cooper, B.S., writes in a 1917 issue of Good Health, the self-proclaimed "oldest health magazine in the world" edited by none other than Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, the co-inventor of flaked cereal. "It should not be eaten hurriedly, and all the family, so far as possible, should partake of it together. And above all, it should be made up of easily digested foods, and balanced in such a way that the various food elements are present in the right proportions. It should not be a heavy meal, consisting of over five to seven hundred calories," Cooper's article continues. Granted, Kellogg did hold an M.D. degree, but there's no denying he had a product to sell." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/06/breakfast-most-important-history_n_5910054.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/06/breakfast-most-impo...

jschwartzi 11y ago
"It should not be a heavy meal, consisting of over five to seven hundred calories" is still good advice. That's about how big my breakfast is. Yes, I weigh it and count the calories.

StavrosK 11y ago

This doctor's channel is great: http://youtu.be/Syleh_6Aopw http://youtu.be/Syleh_6Aopw

ionised 11y ago

They pretty much succeded in convinving people that eggs were bad and breakfast cereals were good for so long, so I can believe it.