boxed cereals

This was taken from another post and many of you have asked WHY I don't give my baby Cheerios (or any cereal). Here is the short version!!

"The problem with Cheerios, and actually ANY boxed cereal for that
matter (organic ones are the worst, shockingly enough) is the
processing. In order to make those little cereal shapes, puffs,
flakes, etc, the grain is extruded in the factory, which means that
the temperature and heat applied to the grain is so great that the
grain is liquified into a slurry in order to facilitate the shape
making process. This process is called extruding the grain. This
very violent processing of the grain renders the protein in the grains
completely toxic. Organic boxed cereal is the most toxic of all
because whole grains are used which are higher in protein!! Rats fed
this type of food die very quickly. Boxed cereal is about the worst
food you can possibly feed a child. "