When Julia was a toddler, she ate everything I put in front of her without question. Now that she’s approaching eight, she questions – a lot. Every single day. Some days, every single hour (or maybe it just feels that way). “Julia the big kid” is a lot more cognizant of what everyone around her […]
Remove Sugar From Your Kid’s Diet in Seven Easy Steps
0Admittedly, it sounds like a Reader’s Digest cover tag, but it’s not as hard as you think to cut the sugar from your child’s diet. As with any addiction, cold turkey can be a shock to the system, but if you make it a long-term project and work on the trouble spots (ie, the in-laws […]
Kickin’ the Sugar Habit
0Have you ever wished you could go back in time to the moment that a bad habit began – that very first decision that started you on the road you wished you’d never taken? Hindsight, as they say, is 20-20. But if we can’t change the past, can we correct our bad habits for the […]
Sugar — How Sweet it Isn’t
0As parents, we’ve been conditioned to think that juice is a wholesome and nutritious beverage for our children. But drinking juice is not the same as eating fruit. When you eat a piece of fruit, you ingest the whole of it, which includes not just the juice but the skin and fiber. The “bulk” of […]
