What are some typical snacks people give to kids made out of? In (almost) every single case: refined flour + sugar, or just sugar We are poisoning our kids. These are the leading causes of metabolic syndrome (-> obesity, diabetes, dementia, cancer). Animal crackers:

The role of insulin in making you overweight, explained (and how to fix it). Note that when they say "carbohydrates" they mean refined carbs like sugar and "enriched flour," the two main ingredients in the vast majority of processed foods.

"Since 1971 diabetes associations, led by the ADA, have recommended that patients with diabetes get more than half of their calories from the one macronutrient – carbohydrates – that they cannot metabolize without pharmaceutical assistance. Now diabetes is surely a complex disorder, but the symptoms, particularly the elevated blood sugar, are a response to the carbohydrate content of the diet. So how can this kind of guidance be considered a good idea?" and "The premise is that expert thinking on diabetes has gone off the rails and needs to be rethought. Indeed, we can pinpoint the exact month this happened, another January, 102 years ago, when insulin therapy was used on its very first patient. Since then, thinking about diabetes and therapy has put drugs first and diet second, despite all protestations to the contrary."