Your 90's Childhood is Under Attack

Say goodbye to the sweetest part of the 90's forever

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Let me take you back...
Put down your smartphone, close the Facebook tab, and go back to a simpler time.  Remember the 90’s?  For 90’s kids the only worries were which starter Pokémon to choose or who was your favorite spice girl.  Every Saturday morning the networks would broadcast the highest level of video entertainment imaginable, cartoons, and every Saturday morning, children of the 90’s would tune in to their favorite channel.  The weekend morning ritual was only made complete with one thing, cereal.  Absurdly bright, sugar coated, highly addictive cereal.  Cereal made mornings in the 90’s.  Somehow it was like our Parents had been conned into thinking artificial sugar and coloring was breakfast, not dessert, and we reaped the benefits.  It was truly a special time to be alive.

Not to say cereal addiction hasn't ruined lives.

General Mills has announced they will be completely re-formulating the ingredients of their most popular cereals to make them “healthier.”  Say goodbye to the tastiest part of your 90’s childhood.   

The last place you want corporate America placing their hands and meddling is your childhood, but that is exactly what they are doing.  According to General Mills, iconic cereals such as Lucky Charms, Trix, and Reese's puffs require an overhauled ingredient list to fit consumer preferences for natural healthy foods.  The switch to natural dyes such as paprika, radish and turmeric will, among other things, lead to changes in flavor and less vibrant colors.  Worst of all, remember when a few spoonfuls of cereal would have you bouncing off the walls in euphoric pandemonium? That spike in energy was actually caused by artificial dyes such as yellow 5, that have been found to cause hyperactivity, the same way caffeine or cocaine would.  Your kids will never know that rush.  That is unacceptable.

Whats next, Apple Jacks that actually taste like apples?

Next time you pour yourself a bowl of your favorite cereal, don’t expect a trip down memory lane.  Instead the alien taste and dull coloring will likely leave you cold, alone, and pining for the past.  

When it is all said and done, the cereals we knew from the 90’s will cease to exist. Just like every other part of our lives we will have to grow up.  Some may say it’s for the best, breakfast is after all the most important meal of the day and shouldn’t be squandered on high fructose, corn syrup ridden oats. I say that sounds like my parents.  It was comforting knowing that, like old buddies, my childhood cereals would always be there for me, and now they are not.  R.I.P

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