Does Maternal Diet Lead to Junk Food Addiction?
Are you setting up your child to be addicted to junk food? If you’ve got a junk-food rich diet, then there’s a chance you might be. According to new research from the University of Adelaide in Australia, mothers who eat junk food while pregnant are programming their babies to be addicted to a high fat, high sugar diet by the time they’re weaned. The study notes that a junk food diet desensitizes children to the normal reward system fueled by [...]
Citrus Splash
I made it through this last winter without anyone in my family getting sick! When there are six of us living under one roof, four of whom are children who go to school everyday with germs wondering about incognito, and one of us whom works in the Emergency Department of a hospital where germs are commonplace, this is an extraordinary achievement! So, my shock and surprise were no wonder when I received a phone call from the school nurse today [...]
The 26-Ingredient School Lunch Burger
Are 26 ingredients really necessary in a child’s school lunch hamburger? Copper Gluconate? Cyanocobalamin? Thiamine Mononitrate? Food scientist Kantha Shelke, Ph.D, told NPR’s Allison Aubrey that these are all normal additives put in food to help children get the vitamins and nutrients they need, but a group of Virginia parents aren’t convinced. They’re demanding more natural lunches for their children, preferably made from scratch. On the other hand, school officials say they simply don’t have the space or resources to [...]
Blasting for Picky Children
If your child actually eats his or her fruits and vegetables, then consider yourself one of the lucky ones! For everyone else with picky little eaters, there’s the NutriBullet! Make your children a “milkshake” with plenty of colorful fruits, some healthy almond milk, and some hidden greens, and they’ll get all the essential vitamins and minerals their growing bodies need. Here’s longevity and nutrition expert David Wolfe with some more tips on how to get your children to eat their [...]
IronKids!
Ironman training was not always about us. As the parents of four young children, our children’s health still came first. During our long training days, the kids spent the day with a babysitter, a friend or their grandparents, so planning meals ahead of time was essential. We came up with many easy solutions for having them eat healthy even though we were not at home for every meal. Sometimes this meant leftovers from the night before, other times it meant [...]
