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I will never know the full potential of my child until I understand the dangers children\u2019s bodies face in today\u2019s food culture and protect them.<\/p>\n
Food attitudes that hurt kids:<\/p>\n
If it\u2019s from the grocery store, it\u2019s fine to eat it
We naturally trust. A grocery store sells food. We want to believe that what is in there in safe to eat and will nourish my family. It\u2019s just not the case. Processed foods are exactly that\u2013processed and therefore have very little nutritional value left. By the time the ingredients are harvested, manipulated by the scientists, mixed in a factory, shipped on a truck, designed to wait on a shelf for months, sit on my shelf for even longer and then finally get served and eaten, the calories are there, but not much else. Yes, many foods are fortified with vitamins\u2013that doesn\u2019t mean your body will be able to process these vitamins created in the laboratory. The human body, especially the brain, needs nutrient dense foods\u2013processed food in boxes and bags don\u2019t have it.<\/p>\n
Eating Oil Derivatives is Safe
Realize that all those bright colors in the processed foods are most likely from oil\u2013yes, the same stuff that my gasoline comes from. Same goes with many preservatives and flavors. They say they are safe, heck, the quantities are miniscule. But what about the brain? Yes, scientists are learning more everyday, but its incredibly sensitive and complex\u2013isn\u2019t it more likely that the brain gets messed up by petroleum than helped by it?<\/p>\n
Too much wheat
The wheat of today is vastly different from wheat of a hundred or two hundred years ago. Scientists have created strains of wheat with high levels of gluten and processed food companies love wheat with lots of gluten. Gluten is sticky, it binds ingredients together, gives texture\u2013great characteristics for factories making food. Lots of gluten, not so great for my intestines. Remember my teeny tiny villi throughout my small intestines? Villi are there to capture nutrients\u2013hard to do when covered in sticky gluten. And since the food companies love gluten\u2013it\u2019s in everything processed, so the quantities of gluten we are consuming is sky high. The basic concept, I can have too much of a good thing.<\/p>\n