Comments on: From Candy to Kale

By: Marcus @ Juice Feasting PDX

Marcus @ Juice Feasting PDX — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:57:46 +0000

Great post! Kale chips rule!

By: Dr. Sharada

Dr. Sharada — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:58:01 +0000

I really believe that keeping our kids’ bodies clean is the greatest gift we can give them to reach their highest potentional. Our son is so sensitive to sugar and food coloring that I have to be very strict about it, while at the same time not giving anyone too hard a time if he gets it at a party or at camp. Now that he’s 7 and having to make choices for himself when we’re not there, we’ve found that really explaining why junk is junk helps him to make healthy choices. He makes the connection between his tummy hurting and too much junk at a birthday party.For kids who are sensitive, I think clear and frank communication about why it’s so important to avoid the junk can take them a long way. We’ve gotten a lot of great info at feingold.org about artificial additives and kids behavior.

By: Stefanie Sacks

Stefanie Sacks — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 03:04:53 +0000

Love what all of you are writing. Life is about balance. I believe it is all about educating ourselves and our children so when we all make choices we truly understand what those choices are. COntinue to teach those kids!!! They are our future!

By: Michal

Michal — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 01:38:31 +0000

Great post and so true to!

By: Stefania (formerly The Veg Next Door)

Stefania (formerly The Veg Next Door) — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:06:44 +0000

Great post. Your child’s teach had good comeback, however, I’m getting tired of all the food that’s in my child’s classroom and she’s not even in grade 1 yet! Treats for this, treats for that. She gets plenty of treats at home, at parties, etc. I would like some boundaries.

By: Christy Korrow

Christy Korrow — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:03:01 +0000

We homeschooled our daughters, and we live on an organic farm, so healthy eating was always a given. Now that they are 15 and 17, they have developed their own sensibility for good food, and more often than not, they choose it. But sometimes with friends, they do eat fast food, and we have had to just let that happen, and loosen the reigns so to speak… They now understand that they don’t feel good if they go too long eating processed or restaurant foods.

Another aspect of raising healthy teens is that we started to become willing to buy more organic mac and chz, newman-os, etc… as way for them to feel “normal” and circumvent a rebellion against what teenagers might look at as a too-austere food scene at home.

But the fact that they love salads, drink juice, love to cook from scratch, and so on makes us very happy.

By: tricia baehr

tricia baehr — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:52:12 +0000

When our family began eating healthier, children did much of the research. They now ‘request’ organic fairtrade chocolate and other ‘healthy’ junk food for their Easter baskets and Christmas stockings. High fructose corn syrup is the bane of their existence. They absolutely will not eat anything that contains HFC. Luckily there are many organic, veg and vegan choices for treats and yes, it is still sugar but atleast we know it doesn’t come from GMO’s sources or chemicals. Thank goodness there are choices now for even healthy(er) ‘junk’ food!

By: Rich

Rich — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:34:15 +0000

Great post…

By: Gabrielle

Gabrielle — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:17:21 +0000

My junk food ends up being things like organic potato chips with sea salt. Come to think of it, that’s about it. My cravings tend toward the savory, seldom sweet, foods like Curry Tofu and Spring Rolls (vegan). In fact, my passion lately is for a local Chinese vegetarian restaurant’s Curry Spring Rolls. To. Die. For!

Sweets? Occasionally I hit up the vegan cookies at Whole Foods. Or maybe Blueberry Fig Newtons.

Should I eat more JUNK? I might be lacking actually. I gave up the gummy bears when I realized they contained gelatin. I might need to check out the organic version, reading the label well of course. I’m afraid I can’t turn off my conscious eating now that I’ve begun (a year and a half being vegan, three and a half years being vegetarian).

By: Stefanie Sacks

Stefanie Sacks — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 03:23:03 +0000

Yummy Earth Mama…I am with you all the way!!! I know all of your products well and stand by them. Have a case of the gummy bears tucked away for that little treat once in a while. Beautiful work. Kudos to your husband and his friend.