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Michael Phelps Chastised for Endorsing Frosted Flakes
Daily News ^ | 8-20-08 | Rick Schapiro

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.


TOPICS: Food; Health/Medicine; Sports
KEYWORDS: 2008olympics; foodpolice; kelloggs; myob; nutrition; olympics; phelps
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I think this is great, except I am sorry he decided against endorsing my personal favorite, Lucky Charms.
1 posted on 08/20/2008 5:13:26 PM PDT by Marie2
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To: Marie2

As John Travolta said in “Michael” - “Not Enough Sugar In The World” ...... now, he’s my idol ......


2 posted on 08/20/2008 5:16:00 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("What Our Enemies Couldn't Do To Us Our Liberal Democrat Politicians Will")
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To: Marie2

I think I’ll go and have a bowl of Frosted Flakes right now. Yum!


3 posted on 08/20/2008 5:16:01 PM PDT by KansasGirl ( b/c Obama is just creepy.)
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"I would not consider Frosted Flakes the food of an Olympian," said nutritionist Rebecca Solomon

Doesent matter a d@mn what YOU consider to be "the food of an Olympian", Rebecca - simply because you are an academic egghead; NOT an Olympian.

4 posted on 08/20/2008 5:16:45 PM PDT by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
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To: Marie2

One probably wouldn’t want to down a big bowl of Fiber One and then wrestle, swim, run..........


5 posted on 08/20/2008 5:17:03 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Fight Crime. Shoot Back.)
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To: Marie2

Grow up and get a life Rebecca.


6 posted on 08/20/2008 5:17:07 PM PDT by Vision ("Test everything. Hold on to the Good." 1 Thessalonians 5:21)
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Good for Phelps not being PC when considering endorsements. My respect for him climbed even more. It’s his business and all the health Nazis can stuff it.


7 posted on 08/20/2008 5:17:20 PM PDT by peggybac (Tolerance is the virtue of believing in nothing)
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To: Marie2

Rebecca is obviously wrong. If Frosted Flakes are good for Tony the Tiger, they are darned sure the Breakfast of Champions and good enough for Michael Phelps.

Always winter, never Christmas with the libs.


8 posted on 08/20/2008 5:17:30 PM PDT by bboop (Stealth Tutor)
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Rebecca Solomon needs to shut up.


9 posted on 08/20/2008 5:17:49 PM PDT by 14erClimb (I'm not a member of the vast RINO conspiracy)
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"I would rather see him promoting Fiber One. I would rather see him promoting oatmeal. I would even rather see him promoting Cheerios."

I would rather see her minding her own f***ing business.

10 posted on 08/20/2008 5:18:55 PM PDT by rickmichaels (God Bless America, Land That I Love)
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To: Marie2
Solomon.........


Source

11 posted on 08/20/2008 5:20:02 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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Better Frosted Flakes than Total. Total tastes terrible!


12 posted on 08/20/2008 5:20:08 PM PDT by proudofthesouth (Homosexuality IS a choice! There isn't any biological reason for it. They CHOOSE to be that way!)
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To: SkyDancer

“You can never have too much sugar.” Ha,ha, Great movie.

Good for Michael. To hell with the so called health experts. Everyone shoul mind their own business. Michael has a right to do this and so he should. He’s a REAL ROLE MODEL for children...ALL children.


13 posted on 08/20/2008 5:20:16 PM PDT by cubreporter
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Phelps has to eat something like 4000 calories per meal because of his training regimen — or course he’s going to endorse Frosted Flakes.


14 posted on 08/20/2008 5:20:43 PM PDT by MediaMole
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To: Marie2

Ummm. Love frosted flakes. Good endorsement.


15 posted on 08/20/2008 5:20:49 PM PDT by Lent
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Why waste time with the mere "food of the olympians" when we can feast upon the Food of the Gods ...


16 posted on 08/20/2008 5:20:52 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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I’d like to see an athlete endorse packaged chocolate donuts.


17 posted on 08/20/2008 5:20:59 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono (If you don't want people to get your goat, don't tell them where it's tied.)
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Frosted Flakes has three times the amount of sugar as Wheaties

FF is only 3x the sugar as Wheaties??? OMG, that means that Wheaties has WAY more sugar than I realized. Bet I'm not the only one.

If FF is made of real sugar instead of that fake corn crap, hell, it's probably good for us.

18 posted on 08/20/2008 5:21:32 PM PDT by krb (If you're not outraged, people probably like having you around.)
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To: rickmichaels

ROFLMAO.

Ah, thank you for telling it like it is.


19 posted on 08/20/2008 5:22:15 PM PDT by garyhope (It's world war IV, right here, right now courtesy of Islam. VRWC. TWP.)
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To: Marie2

I heard Mark Spitz said he would never endorse Frosted Flakes. /sarcasm off


20 posted on 08/20/2008 5:23:13 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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