Good Morning Everyone!
So, I was just sitting here...yep, just sitting instead of doing something and wondering to myself...why all of a sudden does it seem we are FINALLY addressing our sick and disgusting eating habits in America?
There is a new show coming on TV that will be addressing what our schools feed our children, what we are feeding our children and how it is killing us. Their opening tag line on their commercials shows a bunch of children running and says, "This is the first generation in history that has a shorter life expectancy than their parents".
We are just starting to figure this out now?!! It is gross how we feed our children, I am a firm believer that our bad eating/feeding habits are a major contributor to our children having higher and higher rates of not only the obvious things like high cholesterol, diabetes, heart disease but, also things like food allergies, ADD/ADHD and Autism. We are constantly shoving chemicals into these teeny bodies without thinking twice about it and we are slowly killing our children!
Have you ever tried to read the side of a macaroni and cheese box? Have you read the ingredients in a can of pop, any pop?! Have you read what is in your salad dressing, your ketchup? Now, check out supposedly 'healthy' foods...check out your label on your dry roasted peanuts, peanut butter, even your rice mix box.....NOW...check your label on your baby formula...prepared to be sick.
You will find things like MSG, corn syrup, partially hydrogenated oils, etc...all are so unhealthy for adults let alone children!
Just a couple reasons why you don't want to eat some of those foods.....
Corn Syrup/High-Fructose Corn Syrup: corn syrup stops the body from absorbing copper..which is essential in production elastin and collagen. The main source of copper? Liver and we don't feed our children THAT anymore for sure due to chemical issues of it's own! Corn syrup also acts more like a fat to our body than sugar and it decreases our body's ability to recognize when we are full.
I could go on and on and on about corn syrup but, you can do some research yourself, just do a search and read just a couple items about it. I will tell you we have had 2 different doctors who are helping us treat our son for Autism say and I quote both of them: "If you don't pull anything out of your son's diet, just pull corn syrup."..the other, "Get him and keep him off corn syrup, it WILL kill him, especially in large amounts."
MSG, also known as Mono sodium Glutamate has been a danger for years however, I have noticed it creeping back into many foods lately....What is wrong with MSG? Well, here goes: it can cause cardiac issues from palpation to arrhythmia's to extreme drops in blood pressure. It can cause digestive problems, depression, dizziness, loss of balance, mood swings, headaches, migraines, ADD, behavior issues in children especially, and eye problems just to name a few of the problems. Our Federal Government has repeatedly refused to recognize years of research dating all the way back to the 60's and continues to allow food companies to NOT put MSG on their labels including in ORGANIC foods!
I would love to touch on the oils issue here too but, the children are awake and I need to get them ready for school.
Here are just a sample of websites that can help you learn more about these foods, I just gave you a taste of some of the issues with them....
http://www.truthinlabeling.org/index.html
http://www.truthinlabeling.org/adversereactions.html
http://www.menstuff.org/issues/byissue/highfructose.html
http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2008/dec2008_Metabolic-Dangers-of-High-Fructose-Corn-Syrup_01.htm (by the way...this particular doctor is one of the ones working with us on our son, I had no clue she had an article out about corn syrup...I just happened to find this in my search!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp0nc4kY-tc
http://www.treelight.com/health/nutrition/PartiallyHydrogenatedOils.html
Blessings to you all and keep those babies healthy!
-Liza
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