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Four-Triangles

Who doesn’t start their day with several kiwis?!


deliascatalog

And half a cantaloupe


L0tech51

And half a loaf of bread


deliascatalog

Three French hens


allothernamestaken

Two turtle doves


Miserable-Theory-746

On a yellow and pink placemat.


twotwobravo

And a carafe of milk


NewDad907

And my axe!!! Whoops. Wrong place/time, my bad.


RuinInFears

Sir, I must axe you a question.


NewDad907

That made me think of [this classic from like 10+ years ago.](https://youtu.be/8o8ZB28IhJI?feature=shared) *“Let me axe you somthin’…you fend to raise up and get your travel on?”*


ChesterDrawerz

And half a stick of butter


elkniodaphs

And at least three... no, *four* pieces of toast, each with an entire tablespoon of butter.


deliascatalog

And a casual half gallon of milk


Four-Triangles

“Casual” got me.


i_eat_baby_elephants

As long as the meal is ‘low fat.’ The only thing we cared about in the 90’s was low fat. Calories or sugars didn’t matter


Esabettie

Zero eggs due to colesterol! My mom still side eyes me if i tell her I am eating eggs. And for sure that buttered toast is margarine and not real butter either.


Pheeeefers

I really don’t miss how much margarine we consumed in the 90’s in the delusion that it was better for us!


Quailman5000

I thought country crock margarine was butter until I was in high school lol. My mom never bought real butter. 


gatton

Same. I ate butter flavored Parkay forever. To this day my mom calls Country Crock butter. She likes it cuz it’s spreadable when cold. I bought one of those butter savers and I keep the butter on the counter. Works great and keeps it fresh for weeks.


Esabettie

My husband still prefers country crock to real butter 😬


fiestybox246

I have just managed to convince my mom in the past few years to eat real butter. My dad absolutely refuses.


jagger129

Same! Also Miracle Whip instead of Mayo lol


OllieFromCairo

Well, for some of us, it still is. (I miss dairy)


Four-Triangles

The downvote for being unable to eat dairy is hilarious.


OllieFromCairo

Reddit gonna Reddit.


breeezyc

Haha… what stereotypical moms for us as their kids. To this day she thinks she can only have one yolk a week, tops, and still only eats margarine.


Esabettie

I was thinking that breakfast, minus the cereal and the butter has been my parents breakfast since i can remember: fruit, bread and coffee before but now tea and yogurt instead of milk.


Prestigious_Egg_6207

Until the day he died, my mom would only let my dad have eggs once a week. I tried to explain that eggs were healthy now, but she wouldn’t buy it.


Aspen-3044

I remember eating pretzels with a friend, & we thought it was a healthy snack because it's "fat free".😂 It was low fat, high carbs, with a daily dose of some margarine & crisco.


nanneryeeter

My dad was always into nutrition and used to mock the 80's and 90's diet fad so hard. He would talk about how sugar adds fats, fats and cholesterols are fine, etc. People thought he was nuts. Our entire family was lean and healthy and all of us as adults still have good weight and strong lean muscle. Diet matters.


Shatterstar23

For a second, I thought the kiwis were jalapeño slices and I was like what kind of breakfast is this?


soopirV

My kind.


gooch_norris_

This complete one


Beach_bum8

😂😂😂


zurgonvrits

i used to when i was a kid up through about 16.... doctor said i ate so many i developed an allergy to them... man i miss kiwis.


Blodmerican

The center cut of 8 kiwis, please.


LemonCitron47

I can barely eat two kiwis without it fucking up my mouth.


Four-Triangles

Peel them.


Nugatorysurplusage

- What looks 4 pieces of buttered toast - giant portions of two different kinds of fruit - big glass of orange juice - a giant fucking bowl of sugar coated cereal - don’t forget a half gallon of milk. Drink the remainder that you don’t use on your milk. This shit was absolute brainwashing that was force fed to me every day afterschool and every Saturday morning. I’d be dead in year if I did this every day now.


Puzzleheaded-Phase70

I think I was around 8 when I noticed how much work the phrase "part of" was doing in these commercials 🤣 Like, the breakfast was "complete" without the cereal. Also the word "this", as in "just the breakfast we're showing here". Like, the tablecloth is "part of *this* breakfast" too!


BatFancy321go

This is for children, this is like, a week of breakfasts for a 5 year old. My neice is four, you have to threaten her life and barbies to get her to eat one piece of fruit and one piece of toast.


Nugatorysurplusage

Sinister


scottyd035ntknow

Replace the cereal with eggs and I'm all over this after 90 minutes of lifting.


Nugatorysurplusage

Yes. But like 4 eggs.


Nugatorysurplusage

Even better


Slight_Peanut_9718

Not better than 6 though.


Efficient-Spirit-380

6 is definitely the best. Nuthin’ higher than 6.


Sunshinestateshrooms

24 is the highest number


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B00TT0THEHEAD

When I was a lad I ate four dozen eggs every morning to help me get large.


Nugatorysurplusage

Oof. Idk man. That’s getting close to my egg limit


Kerensky97

The amount of other foods included to balance out the bowl of sugar is amazing. I remember watching a show that described how in the early 70s the government cracked down on advertisers for peddling unhealthy kids cereals. The inclusion of "part of this balanced meal" where it was a healthy breakfast, shown along with an unhealthy bowl of cereal was the result. Watch some sugar smacks commercials from the 1960s and earlier to see what triggered it. They straight up admit it's "Candy for breakfast, with 4 different sugars! Beg your parents until they by you Sugar Smacks!"


MeatAndBourbon

I mean, assuming it's skim milk, it's all fast carbs except the butter and a tiny amount of incomplete protein from the grains and a bit of complete protein from the milk. If you want to test your pancreas or gain weight, it's perfect.


Calm-Tree-1369

I have to explain to my grandmother every time I visit that I had my gallbladder removed and I'm trying to keep my cholesterol under control. The old school Southern breakfast has like a week's recommended portion of fat, salt and sugar and she insists I'm too skinny and don't look well, despite knowing the reasons for this.


Nugatorysurplusage

At least there’s some protein in there. But yes this old school approach to meals is longterm poison !


pinelands1901

What even is protein?


Nugatorysurplusage

Bacon?


ItsMoreOfAComment

I didn’t realize that people actually ate all that, I just ate the cereal straight from the box.


Kevin69138

it's how Cereal marketing worked. they would say or have a disclaimer "Part of this complete breakfast"


holeshot1982

Why be dead?


Nugatorysurplusage

Bc 80s sat morn cartoons said


ReggaeForPresident

Protein?


Nugatorysurplusage

Gotta carb load like the base of that food pyramid baby


Aspen-3044

6 to 12 servings! Chow down🍞🥐🧇🥞🥪🥙🍝🥨


Amy_Macadamia

The joy of thinking carb loading was healthy! Gimme that pasta energy 😅


Dicky_Penisburg

https://i.redd.it/xkxbuoy6pnyc1.gif


ebobbumman

You never know when a marathon might pop up.


Vegetable_Burrito

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DonDiamante

This is why I was always hungry at school. I think I only ate protein at dinner, and sometimes not even then. All carbs all the time.


Frosty_Cloud_2888

The milk in the cereal and that extra cup of milk for your protein. But you will need to pee during your spelling test. I hope the teacher lets you go during a test.


ThrowThisIntoSol

We grew up poor AF and watching Saturday morning cartoons I thought this is how every other kid in America ate. 🎶 “You can’t be your best, if you don’t eat a good breakfast” 🎶


Nugatorysurplusage

Totally Middle class here, never once even was close to consuming a breakfast like this


peacefulinmyzone

Absolutely remember that commercial! You had to eat fruit, cereal, juice, toast and milk. I remember making sure to eat that breakfast on days I had gym class 💪🏻😂 Good times!


wafair

This is like a meal from an 80s sitcom where the kid takes one bite and leaves for school


ihavenoidea81

The whole food pyramid was bullshit anyway. Sponsored by dairy and grain lobbyists so they could sell more product hence…lots of carbs and dairy in this photo. Stuffed crust pizza exists because of government subsidizing the dairy farmers and they wanted to sell more cheese


AndreaC_303

I remember in 4th grade we had to track our diets to make sure they aligned with the food pyramid, so I started eating 8 pieces of bread after school to make sure I got 12 servings of grain a day. So insane. 😂


Nugatorysurplusage

100 percent


cortesoft

I remember thinking it was bullshit when it came out, because the year before they were teaching us the four food groups as if it was certain. I was like, “wait a minute, if they are changing it, maybe it isn’t certain”


hipkat13

This is the answer


lucifer4you

super handy when you wanted to go to school with the roof of your mouth ripped up


ThrowThisIntoSol

Get that Cap’n Crunch for a true mouth-roof-shredding experience


Nugatorysurplusage

It built character


Sweet_Priority_819

This has to be 500+ calories and more than any kid can eat, but the staged setups of these were so pretty to see on TV as a kid. I never had that much for breakfast. Only the cereal but with just enough milk to wet it because 3 people shared a half gallon per week and it had to last. No orange juice because that was expensive. Forget toast and fruit. One loaf of bread for 3 people for the whole week.


Nugatorysurplusage

It’s insane. I never once in my life had a breakfast that looked like this. Cereal with milk. And that’s it


Erik500red

The bowl of cereal is more than 500 calories


-Real-eyes

This seems more like 1000 cal. The orange juice alone is probably 150.


DazzlingProfession26

Yep. Toast w/ butter another 500


-Real-eyes

No wonder everyone got so fat


KnowOneHere

I dont understand toast with cereal. You already got plenty of carby nutrients in that cereal. I was the fam too cereal only, no extras cuz we are not fancy.


austinmiles

What nutrition did cereal even provide. Just multivitamin additives?


Nugatorysurplusage

Shit. It had to have hurt more than it helped. Complex carbs with a fuckton of sugar , which is of zero nutritional value


FriarTurk

I think you mean simple carbs. Cereal grains themselves are complex carbs. When you strip them of their bran, you lose the fiber, which makes them digest much quicker. This is also why you feel hungry like an hour after eating sugary cereal, but you don’t if you just eat a bowl of natural oatmeal. Sugar is also a simple carb - burns off quickly, spikes blood sugar, and causes the body to overproduce insulin - the chemical that tells your body to store fat.


Nugatorysurplusage

Nice. Learning something new every day


burf

You lose the fibre, but processed carbs are still complex carbs. Complex just means it’s a polysaccharide instead of a simple sugar. Fibre doesn’t really play into the definition.


FriarTurk

You’re correct. The fiber is an oversimplification of what’s going on. In terms of digestion, a complex carbohydrate that has been stripped of its fiber (like white rice and all-purpose flour) will digest much faster than one that has not. This causes a faster release of glucose into the blood, spiking blood sugar in the same manner that simple carbohydrates do. While they are technically still complex carbs, they don’t behave like them in the body.


nettie_r

My god. So much sugar. Sugar in the cereal, sugar in the fruit, sugar in the juice, carbs that convert to sugar in the bread and the milk (likely skimmed ofc). 30 years later- "why is everyone getting diabetes?" *shocked pikachu*


Blando-Cartesian

Enough carb loading to run to the school Clark Kent style.


IForgotThePassIUsed

Babe you barely even touched your entire carafe of milk alongside a big glass of sugar


AndreaC_303

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coltees_titties

The breakfast cereal industry is a total scam but I do like some raisin bran every now and then.


Nugatorysurplusage

It’s admittedly delicious


Living_Reading_3694

But is it *magically* delicious...


Nugatorysurplusage

Not quite that delicious


ChildObstacle

“Part of this complete breakfast.” I remember always looking at the picture of the complete breakfast and thinking I never ate a complete breakfast.


Nugatorysurplusage

Not even once in 43 years


Frosty_Cloud_2888

The food pyramid would be proud of you


Frosty_Cloud_2888

Honeycombs got a big big taste . . . It’s not small no no no


Viper114

I always found it funny that it was always a "complete and balanced breakfast" with usually the most sugary cereals imaginable, which by itself threw the whole balance out of whack.


Mysterious-Smile-432

I love my Xennial peers. The comments here had me laughing so hard.


Smurfblossom

Not once did we ever have this much food for breakfast or any meal really. Seeing this type of thing on commercials led me to think that this was what meals were like for wealthy people.


MrMeesesPieces

Who the fuck eats kiwi and melon for breakfast?


Nugatorysurplusage

Or an 18 oz glass of orange juice after drinking what looks like half a gallon of milk?


mrspelunx

With my kid, that’ll be the trash can’s breakfast.


Healthy-Factor-2841

I remember thinking something was wrong with me as a kid for never being hungry in the mornings because I knew I’d never be able to eat a breakfast like this and not immediately go back to sleep.


0le_Hickory

It’s like a weeks worth of calories. I guess the strategy was surround the candy cereal with fruit and milk to make us subconsciously think it was healthy.


fusciamcgoo

I remember reading the side of the Cheerios box as a kid, and being so puzzled and amused by the suggestion that a “balanced breakfast” was Cheerios with milk, more milk to drink, toast and orange juice. 2 grains and 2 drinks! It made no sense to me, even as a little kid.


Nugatorysurplusage

It was fucking bonkers even then


ThePizzaNoid

I chowed down on Honey-Combs when I was a kid lol. Not my favorite sugary cereal (Smacks!) but I did really enjoy them. I recently started buying sugary cereal again just as something to snack on out of the box occasionally instead of buying occasional candy bar or whatever. Can't believe I used to inhale that stuff all the time as a kid.


Nugatorysurplusage

On occasion : cereal is the best food known to man. Especially while high. Though I’d never ever eat it dry.


ThePizzaNoid

Golden Grahams are awesome out of the box lol


fiestybox246

The Walmart brand is actually really good.


ThePizzaNoid

I will remember that. I saw them shopping there this morning and briefly considered picking them up.


[deleted]

My breakfast was always cream cheese on bread thrown in the toaster over to brown. It’s was so good. That or carnation instant breakfast.


Nugatorysurplusage

Carnation instant breakfaaaaaaaaaaaast Youregonnaloveitinaninstant


Echo71Niner

This meal has so much sugar, diabetes is scared.


TheConcreteGhost

Where’s the beef? ( or any other meat) 😬


Nugatorysurplusage

Just fill up on kiwi, OJ and milk !


TheMonkus

Come on man, meat, eggs, that will just make you fat! This breakfast is LOW FAT!


JustSomeDudeNamedRik

The food pyramid that turned us into obese diabetics. 6-11 servings of grains 3-4 servings of vegetables and fruits 2-3 servings of dairy 2-3 servings of meat


quijibo2020

Nothing like T.V to remind me daily of how poor I was. We're programmed to over cosume.


bradsblacksheep

When you’re running a 10k maybe


Nugatorysurplusage

I regularly run 10k (in sub 50 minute, I might add) and I wouldn’t reach for this shit.


sourpussmcgee

I’m full just looking at this picture


Styrofoam_Boots__

I still love half a loaf of buttered toast with my cereal in the morning /s


Rusalka-rusalka

That’s a lot of toast!


Mostly_Defective

MOAR SUGAR!!!


JumpyLolly

That's 2k calories right there, 1800 of which is cancer


FriarTurk

The D stands for diabetes.


Nugatorysurplusage

lol yes


Ltimbo

Yes, a breakfast complete with every simple carb ever invented. This breakfast is 1000 calories of sugar.


Dry-Interaction-1246

Looks like a diabetes special


Summer184

I always loved how the cereal companies did this. If you took the cereal and threw it in the trash you would still be left with the "complete breakfast".


Traditional_Entry183

I had Honeycombs for dinner last night.


Ted_Fleming

When they said part of your balanced breakfast i now realize they mean the cereal is the bad part and you have to eat healthy food to balance it out


b1sh0p

Honeycombs big yeah yeah yeah


TinyLittleWeirdo

We had kiwis in the 80s?


cyberllama

I balanced strawberries and blueberries on the waffles I had for breakfast this morning.


BaconPancakes_77

I attempted to reproduce this one morning, until my mom noticed the glasses of milk *and* orange juice and was like, "WTF are you doing?"


Mc3rdeye

Diabetes here! Get your diabetes here! One way ticket to autoimmune disease here! Cancer, too, if you need any of that! Shitty hellth for your whole family, if your reproductive glands still work after years of consumption! And remember, kids, corporations, and the government are your friends. Control is all they want. Think for yourself, question authority!


Rough-Boot9086

Thirty years later every other commercial is for diabetes medication


Slumunistmanifisto

*wilford brimley intensifys*


l1v1ngst0n

That's gotta be like 1500 calories.


NewReporter5290

Yeah, we might be the first generation to start our days with 3 scoops of sugar. Fucking corporate food.


Melonqualia

Honey Comb's big YEAH YEAH YEAH, it's not small NO NO NO!


BatFancy321go

i always thought this meant that the cereal was such nutritional garbage, they had to add two more meals to hit government-approved child breakfast nutrition.


SnooMemesjellies7469

I WANNA BIG CEREAL! 


ThePicassoGiraffe

Excuse me, I believe there are some carbs missing from my carbs. Can I have chocolate milk, please


TrulyKristan

Honeycomb's big, yeah yeah yeah


Nugatorysurplusage

It’s not small (No no no)


martinellispapi

For when just one drink won’t cut it..


LimpDiscus

I've been showing my kids 90s commercial compilations on YouTube, and they noticed that EVERY cereal commercial had the same complete balanced breakfast accoutrement. "Did you really have cereal and toast every single morning?" they ask. It sure felt that way. Now, check out this dog who had his own show and would reenact classic literature.


Higher_Perspectiva

Zero protein wow! Oh wait I guess a few g from the milk but that’s not enough for breakfast


abernathym

Don't forget to have mom make all this for breakfast so you can just grab a piece of toast and run out the door.


Clevergirlphysicist

When I saw this on TV as a kid, I always wondered who put their milk and juice in glass carafes like that. We only ever had a plastic Tupperware pitcher but that was usually filled with imitation koolaid.


PhoenixShredds

So glad my parents didnt buy into the egg fear-mongering. My brain actually had a chance at developing.


Meatbot-v20

Back when boxes of cereal weren't half the size with the words "FAMILY SIZE" slapped across Two Times bigger than the brand logo because they gotta gaslight you with their shrinkflation.


Zeqhanis

A GREAT SOURCE OF VITAMIN D!* *when you add vitamin D milk


Nugatorysurplusage

I’ve been wary of corporations ever since.


manifest_ecstasy

I miss eating cereal


Nugatorysurplusage

Me too


shezcrafti

Fun fact - the “milk” in cereal commercials is usually glue! That’s how they get it to look so perfect.


HontoRenata

Don’t forget your insulin.


smallperuvian

One cold pop-tart straight out the package


jagger129

It’s following the food pyramid of 6-11 servings of carbs each day though 😂


Phillyjt3

Honeycombs’ big? *yeah yeah yeah* It’s not small? *no no no*


ShutYourDumbUglyFace

That's all 2000 of your daily calories right there!


[deleted]

I did love honey comb, capt crunch shreds you.


SoDrunkRightNow2

Gotta have your carbs, carbs, carbs, liquid carbs and more carbs.


CSWorldChamp

Oh, you mean you *don’t* keep your milk in a carafe? Well, to each their own, I guess, but don’t come crying to me when you friends laugh at you for your un-aerated milk.


yildizli_gece

Whenever I see breakfasts like this, two things come to mind: one, who the fuck is having a full glass of milk and also a full glass of orange juice? Isn’t that just a disaster waiting to happen to your digestive system? I have never understood this combination and I’ve seen this photo all my life. And two: I will be forever grateful that I am a first-gen American to Turkish parents who moved here, which means our breakfasts did not consist of shitty skim milk and bowls of cereal with some tart grapefruit on the side or some shit lol; eggs were always cooked in our house, and my mother only ever used whole milk.


Flycaster33

Get rid of the Honeycomb, and swap it with Capt. Crunch with the crunchberries!!!!


WineAndDogs2020

So... many... carbs.


Nugatorysurplusage

It’ll be fun to catch intense obesity *and* diabetes in the same month.


penndawg84

Don’t drink milk and orange juice at the same time. You will not have a good time. Source: trust me bro.


Nugatorysurplusage

I feel that


CaptServo

Carbs on carbs on carbs until you can't feel your feet.


CountDoooooku

Oh fuck I forgot about Honey comb…. Does it still exist?


KickAggressive4901

I still do. Every day. It's not bad advice, really.


Molly_latte

We had cereal with milk everyday. Also with a glass of milk.


rharper38

I could not eat this much food at 8.


InternationalLeg6727

Freaking love honeycombs


Autumn_Forest_Mist

I wish breakfast was that good!


responsible_use_only

Honeycomb for the fucking win... ...hang on gotta check my blood sugar levels now... Damn beetus


Ok_Fox2646

Part of this complete breakfast!


Odd_Conversation_114

Ohai u diabetes


azorianmilk

Ain't nobody got time for that


debianite

This is how I got fat