Michael Phelps Kellogg's Frosted Flakes Backlash

Frosted Flakes... breakfast of champions? (Courtesy of M@arcopako at Flickr.com)"]

Swimmer and eight-time Beijing Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps is starting to receive a lot of criticism and backlash for his choice to whore himself out on a box of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes than the usual Wheaties. While Phelps will also be appearing on boxes of Kellogg's Corn Flakes come September, critics are wondering about the consequences of the athlete promoting a sugary cereal, reports celebrity blogger Perez Hilton.

"I would not consider Frosted Flakes the food of an Olympian," Rebecca Solomon, a nutritionist at Mount Sinai Medical Center, told the Daily News. "I would rather see him promoting Fiber One. I would rather see him promoting oatmeal. I would even rather see him promoting Cheerios."

According to the Daily Mail, Frosted Flakes cereal has three times the amount of sugar as Wheaties and one-third of the fiber. Gasp!

Apparently experts say, "For a guy like Michael Phelps who isn't worried about obesity because he's burning thousands of calories as an athlete... eating Corn Flakes and Frosted Flakes every so often is not an issue."