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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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To: Marie2

But if he’d endorsed Fruit Loops, he’d have been hailed as a paragon of tolerance who appreciates diversity.


81 posted on 08/20/2008 6:29:25 PM PDT by E. Cartman (John McCain: The Livia Soprano of the US Senate)
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To: Inyo-Mono
I’d like to see an athlete endorse packaged chocolate donuts.

Your wish is my command... After John Belushi won the Olympic Decathalon...

Mark

82 posted on 08/20/2008 6:31:02 PM PDT by MarkL (Al Gore: The Greenhouse Gasbag! (heard on Bob Brinker's Money Talk))
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To: Marie2
What is all this yip-yip-yapping about breakfast cereal? Breakfast cereal is for kids. Real people eat real breakfasts like eggs, sausage, bacon, buttered toast, grits and flapjacks.


83 posted on 08/20/2008 6:32:06 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (I am 9 days away from outliving Kirby Puckett)
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To: MarkL

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


84 posted on 08/20/2008 6:37:43 PM PDT by Cinnamon Girl (Welcome home, former McCain haters and rageaholics!)
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To: Marie2

http://www.tonythetiger.com/healthymessage/index.html


85 posted on 08/20/2008 6:40:24 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: hole_n_one

86 posted on 08/20/2008 6:40:26 PM PDT by Tainan (Talk is cheap. Silence is golden. All I got is brass...lotsa brass.)
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To: Cinnamon Girl

87 posted on 08/20/2008 6:41:43 PM PDT by Dr.Deth
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To: Marie2

I will be buying more frosted flakes in the near future.


88 posted on 08/20/2008 6:42:32 PM PDT by Domestic Church (AMDG...)
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To: hole_n_one

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.


89 posted on 08/20/2008 6:53:21 PM PDT by LibFreeOrDie
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To: hole_n_one

OMG my eyes, my eyes....


90 posted on 08/20/2008 6:59:57 PM PDT by packrat35 (If mccain is the answer-it must have been a REALLY stupid question)
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To: Marie2
He's one for your, Rebecca:


91 posted on 08/20/2008 7:08:45 PM PDT by Fundamentally Fair (If given a choice between a POW and a POS, I'll take the POW.)
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To: Fundamentally Fair

You rock! Haven’t seen that one before.


92 posted on 08/20/2008 7:09:52 PM PDT by packrat35 (If mccain is the answer-it must have been a REALLY stupid question)
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To: Marie2
"I would rather see him promoting Fiber One. I would rather see him promoting oatmeal. I would even rather see him promoting Cheerios."

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.

93 posted on 08/20/2008 7:14:59 PM PDT by TotusTuus
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To: packrat35
You rock! Haven’t seen that one before.

Heck, I don't even smoke and I just went down and bought a carton!

94 posted on 08/20/2008 7:18:32 PM PDT by Fundamentally Fair (If given a choice between a POW and a POS, I'll take the POW.)
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To: Marie2
"I would not consider Frosted Flakes the food of an Olympian," said nutritionist Rebecca Solomon of Mount Sinai Medical Center.

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.

95 posted on 08/20/2008 7:19:42 PM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius
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To: All
"I would rather see him promoting Fiber One. I would rather see him promoting oatmeal. I would even rather see him promoting Cheerios."

At the old folks home maybe. But Frosted Flakes are for kids. They burn up the sugar in ten minutes. (At least mine do)

96 posted on 08/20/2008 7:20:37 PM PDT by raybbr (You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote!)
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To: packrat35
There are more great smoking ads here.

Santa, most doctors and your baby say, “smoke ‘em if you got ‘em!”

97 posted on 08/20/2008 7:21:29 PM PDT by Fundamentally Fair (If given a choice between a POW and a POS, I'll take the POW.)
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To: Marie2

I just buy them for the toys.

98 posted on 08/20/2008 7:25:20 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Thank God for every morning.)
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To: Mustng959

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!


99 posted on 08/20/2008 7:26:42 PM PDT by My hearts in London - Everett (Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.)
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To: Marie2

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.)


100 posted on 08/20/2008 7:28:05 PM PDT by mkleesma (`Call to me, and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.')
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