Busting 21 age old myths...
This myth started with Paul A Stitt’s book Beating the Food Giants in 1982. He claimed that, in a study, rats subsisting on cereal boxes outlasted those eating cornflakes.
Discovery Channel’s MythBusters laid this to rest in 2006 when they found the cereal had 20% more calories than the box. It also had more protein, starch, fat and sugar. Still think the carton is better than the flake? In 2011, producers stopped using recycled cardboard in packaging after a study showed it posed a cancer risk….
