[grannyg00se]

Do we really need yet another essay on the perils of processed foods?

Just look at the ingredients on most breakfast cereals and you'll see sugar or some kind of sugar substitute as the second or third ingredient. Eat real food if you're at all interested in your health.

[jp555]

Sugar is a real food. Rice is >70% sugar and so are most potatoes.

Why fear 50g of cereal when you eat it with 200+g of milk, which is about the most perfect food available?

Sugar is the preferred energy of almost every cell in our bodies; and in the end, protein & fat will be converted into glucose if no sugar (glycogen) is available.

[NicoJuicy]

I don't think rice contains much sugar.. http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=rice+sugar

And sugar is "easy energy" and will make you fat. There are better sugar types (such as fructose (sugar from fruit) and Dextrose (found in the pharmacy))