Crushing the craze around cornflakes with facts!
I often wonder what’s the craze about cornflakes among people trying to lose weight desperately. Whenever I ask them the reason for taking cornflakes for breakfast, they sheepishly reply that the ads show that it will apparently help them shed the extra kilos. If I suggest them to switch the good old poha/ idli- dosa for breakfast, they are often surprised to say the least & even flabbergasted at times. Well, let’s burst the bubble, cornflakes offer you nothing more than simple sugars (read, high fructose corn syrup or HFCS) often fortified with vitamins and minerals to cover up the loss in nutrients that occur during the ultra-processing involved to turn humble maize to crunchy cornflakes. Here’s a bitter pill for you to swallow, there’s no single magic pill that helps us to shed those extra kilos or enter ……. (any health issue) rather it’s lifestyle change and mindful choices that help us achieve the goal. In case you bought a pack of plain cornflakes and do not wish to t