In 2009, nutritional standouts such as Cocoa Puffs and Frosted Mini Wheats were still on the Heart Check list. The 2013 Dallas Heart Walk organized by the AHA featured Frito-Lay as a prominent sponsor. The Heart and Stroke Foundation in Canada was no better. As noted on Dr. Yoni Freedhoff’s blog,2 a bottle of grape juice proudly bearing the Health Check contained ten teaspoons of sugar. The fact that these foods were pure sugar seemed not to bother anybody.
