last week I was invited to lunch by the people at Stonyfield farm yogurt. We are huge consumers of their products in my home as well as I was happy to go. The guest speaker was Robyn O’Brien, as well as her story moved me.
Robyn talked about exactly how a couple of years ago, as a hectic mom of four kids, she felt that just feeding her clan was difficult sufficient as well as that she didn’t requirement to beat herself up over what they really ate. She tried to keep their grocery expense in check. Blue tubes of yogurt were often on the menu.
One day, her child had a frightening allergic reaction to eggs. As she started researching food allergies, as well as found the lack of free information, she decided to produce a resource for households who deal with them, as well as a few months later AllergyKids was born.
But wait, there’s more.
Robyn kept discovering more as well as more about what precisely is in our foods as well as found a lot of unhealthy as well as upsetting truths. A self-described patriotic Conservative, she felt devastated to find that the united states permits a whole lot of components in our food that are not enabled in other countries. even nations that depend on the U.S. for food assistance do not enable a few of these components since they are not proven safe. It’s no question our bit youngsters are demonstrating allergies at rates unheard of when we were growing up.
I am half-way with Robyn’s book, The Unhealthy Truth, as well as it’s kinda rocking my world. I am pleased to have satisfied her as well as heard her story directly from her mouth, a mom who was transferred to action since of a gut-wrenching journey she experienced. She stated that to recognize her kid had experienced from food that she herself had prepared as well as offered her was just heartbreaking.
To make it genuine for you, let me share this example that I came across on healthy kid healthy World. It’s a us vs UK: Mac ‘n Cheese Smackdown. Basically, in the UK, Kraft makes a different, safer Mac as well as Cheese formulation. Take a look:
U.S. version of Kraft Mac & Cheese:
Enriched Macaroni product (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate [Iron], Thiamin Mononitrate [Vitamin B1], Riboflavin [Vitamin B2], Folic Acid), Cheese Sauce mix (Whey, customized Food Starch, Whey protein Concentrate, Cheddar Cheese [Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes], Salt, Calcium Carbonate, Potassium Chloride, contains less Than 2% of Parmesan Cheese [Part-Skim Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes, Dried Buttermilk, Sodium Tripolyphosphate, Blue Cheese [Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes], Sodium Phosphate, medium Chain Triglycerides, Cream, Citric Acid, Lactic Acid, Enzymes, Yellow 5, Yellow 6).
U.K. version of Kraft Mac & Cheese:
Macaroni (Durum Wheat Semolina), Cheese (10%), Whey Powder (from milk), Lactose, Salt, Emulsifying Salts (E339, E341), Colours (Paprika Extract, Beta-Carotene)
HMMPH! I fear this blog is not the location to go into detail about the implications of this comparison, however I wished to bring it to your attention.
Food dye = bad. Do not buy it.
Blue yogurt? avoid it. look for one that gets it’s color from actual fruit, or additional beet puree for a quite pink.
I truly appreciate Robyn’s work in this arena.
How about you? Is this a circumstance you’re concerned about or do you feel irritated when people tell you what not to feed your kids?