Eli5: Why are raisins considered a healthy snack for toddlers if they’re mostly sugar?
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They’re not. People think they’re healthy because they’re made from whole fruit but they are still a very dense source of sugar and are unlikely to leave you feeling full/satisfied. I think raisins as a toddler snack are just a thing people do as a habit/tradition at this point.
My parents always gave me Cheerios and raisins as a snack as a toddler which in hindsight is not as good as just fresh fruit or vegetables. But back then the food pyramid was different! We were taught things like, “grains are the food you should eat the most of” and I think the recommended daily intake was 9-11 servings of grains and 5-7 of fruits/vegetables. That’s definitely not right anymore! Boomer generation parents had different info than we have now and a lot of the breakthroughs in food technology were focused on convenience, not nutrition.
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