to spudcan: Some things implicit in what drLove just wrote seem to be: (1) both parents have to be on the same page (2) both parents have to be doing this for themselves as well for their kids (3) the older the kid, the longer it will take to transition (4) have faith that when the transition to heathly snacks has been made, taste buds will also have changed to match that healthly food
to spudcan: Great question. What worked for my family, is that all other "temptations" of junk in the house be removed first. Literally, we went through all of our cupboards and threw out everything that had "sugar, dextrose, glucose" on the label. As well, if something was on a label that we couldn't understand (chemicals), we chucked that out too. The next time we went grocery shopping we did not buy those types of foods that we chucked. When kids start coming off of junk, their brains might start rebelling at first. Being patient with them and sitting down and giving them information is really necessary before you do the old heave ho'. Unless children understand the reason behind the old heave ho', many become quite angry as they go through withdrawal from the food chemicals in junk food. Depending on how old your children are, doing fun activities with the food sometimes helps, i.e. bobbing for apples, making pictures out of veggies like faces or landscapes, having your children help you make really yummy dip, helping you cut up veggies and fruit (if your children are old enough), and having them arrange snacks on a plate in their own creative way.
make sure your corn chips are organic, otherwise you will be eating genetically engineered organisms (GEOs)if you live in North America, and likely if you live in South America, especially Argentina. genetically engineered food is in it's infancy and very little research has been done on the health effects. children, in the US, Canada, Argentia and China, born after 1996 are the first generation to be raised on GEOs.
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to peter: My God you make it so succinct and clear!!! Yeah, I do a lot of assuming!!
to spudcan: Some things implicit in what drLove just wrote seem to be: (1) both parents have to be on the same page (2) both parents have to be doing this for themselves as well for their kids (3) the older the kid, the longer it will take to transition (4) have faith that when the transition to heathly snacks has been made, taste buds will also have changed to match that healthly food
to spudcan: Great question. What worked for my family, is that all other "temptations" of junk in the house be removed first. Literally, we went through all of our cupboards and threw out everything that had "sugar, dextrose, glucose" on the label. As well, if something was on a label that we couldn't understand (chemicals), we chucked that out too. The next time we went grocery shopping we did not buy those types of foods that we chucked. When kids start coming off of junk, their brains might start rebelling at first. Being patient with them and sitting down and giving them information is really necessary before you do the old heave ho'. Unless children understand the reason behind the old heave ho', many become quite angry as they go through withdrawal from the food chemicals in junk food. Depending on how old your children are, doing fun activities with the food sometimes helps, i.e. bobbing for apples, making pictures out of veggies like faces or landscapes, having your children help you make really yummy dip, helping you cut up veggies and fruit (if your children are old enough), and having them arrange snacks on a plate in their own creative way.
How should one get started. Snack foods for us have been fun foods. How should one get started and not have the kids looking elsewhere.
Have to agree with amelia. The science on GMO is may be in its infancy, but I ain't waiting for definitive answers while I feed myself and my family.
make sure your corn chips are organic, otherwise you will be eating genetically engineered organisms (GEOs)if you live in North America, and likely if you live in South America, especially Argentina. genetically engineered food is in it's infancy and very little research has been done on the health effects. children, in the US, Canada, Argentia and China, born after 1996 are the first generation to be raised on GEOs.