KIDS’ Food, man?
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What do the following foods have in common?
Hot Dogs
Fruit Punch
“Orange” or “Grape” Soda
Hamburgers
French Fries
Candy
Little Debbie Snacks
Box Macaroni and Cheese
Fruit Loops, Honeycombs, Lucky Charms, etc
Processed Chicken Nuggets
Give up? The answer is, they are all “Kids'” food.
Kids’ food, man?
Alright, so children are essentially “little adults.” They are constantly growing and learning everything they need to have to become adults one day. They need the best things they can get while they are young so that they grow correctly.
So why is so much of “kids'” food processed? Processed food is definitely not the best food you can eat.
Kids need healthy food perhaps much more than we adults do. Think about it…really, even though none of us should be eating any of the junk mentioned above, it would be better if it were thought of as “adults'” food, since a mature adult body would technically handle it better than the body of a child.
Please check out this article by Dr. Joel Fuhrman that goes into more detail about the harm our society does to kids by feeding them the Standard American Diet (SAD)…
…and let’s give our children better!
By the way, Dr. Fuhrman has a book titled “Eat to Live” which I highly recommend for the dietary advice. This book has shaped my own eating philosophy in a major way. Clicking the image of the book below will redirect you to amazon.com where you can purchase the book.
Man I agree…. its ridiculous what we feed our kids these days and how cheap it is to do so.
Right, it’s CHEAP, too! I saw today that a bag with 20 little bags of chips costed as much as a bag with 10 granny apples in it.
That junk is messed up, man! Feeding our kids artificial coloring and preservatives so their insides look like leather Skittles…smh LOL
LOL for real, man!