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-- -- -- Kidnapped 51 after the top of the parents estate and slammed tigers be where there are some healthy -- out there that are really.

Not so healthy for yet so with all the bad -- -- this morning the medical eighteen doctor.

They did somebody if you're breaking job downpours thank -- -- yet -- thank you writer it's not so bad yet I don't live with the requisite serial a lot of folks eating that right now.

What has been a lot of hype of marketing about cereals especially view of the ones that -- -- themselves that's all natural so what to make big messages.

And the common favorite thing about all of this is that there is -- -- sugar.

And we see that there will be -- on the rise 17% of teenagers are getting obese.

And gaining a lot of weight so look at the ingredients to make sure that this really all natural and the way they market it.

If there's a lot of added -- us -- it is you wanna stay away and look at the portion did you take for breakfast portion control is -- big message here.

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My advice especially with the heat index out there.

Drink a low water that's really the best way to supply your hydration -- the best thing out the energy bars are.

Yet you know that this is a big problem because if you look at some of the ingredients you're getting about 350.

Calories.

To 400 -- with us also love the fact that comes to this so a lot of times -- you may take these healthy granola bars that sounds great.

Where you're getting tons and tons a caller's from this.

You know the best ways to really change that to some character or vegetables fruits those kind of things that's allowed -- -- than those comments.

Is it because a lot of -- uses as a meal replacements.

Nodded without a K okay not a good thing you're getting too much sugar again and also one of the things you have to be careful Heather I'm glad you brought this up.

Anything that's -- we've always -- fructose glucose a lot of times they may it is advertises as high fructose.

Weren't sure all of that is sugar.

That you may not realize they aren't really that that I have been living -- -- green -- we hear about this being good for you what this is my favorite one and I was actually disappointed that he made this list green -- is it great for you antioxidants.

It's great for your health the problem was when it's commercialized like this you're not getting a lot of green tea -- it and you overdose -- getting the shooter so the best ways to get -- -- -- bag green tea -- and make your own.

T that's the best way to do drink every morning with -- of this -- animals we OK so Ed replacements.

What bothers you about it it's the you'll want and it's a cholesterol that'd be the -- up if you eat -- every day.

-- it's OK to use this is a good substitute the problem -- this.

Is that it has a lot of vegetable oil and eventually can increase your cholesterol studies from University of Connecticut shows that the regular egg actually helps you with the increase in the -- clueless I lowered within X you know so.

Once a week it's okay to have regular -- doesn't kill you.

If you take a lot of fit then you may wanna use this but the general is better to -- when you -- substitute yogurt but that's when -- making like.

Baking a cake or something while not making an online not necessarily know you would get a lot of new approaches and your calcium from your gonna -- that she's an okay and so getting it from it got it at K thank you so much pressure -- -- -- -- -- appreciate it.

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