Freaked out about added sugar in everything and American standard diet

[Anonymous]

If you grew up in the 70s-80s, everyone ate much worse than they do today. Koolaide was drank more than water and most kids enhanced their milk with strawberry or chocolate nesquick. Cereal was MUCH sweeter and had lots of fun dyes. Everything was processed or fried. Cheetos, cheese puffs, cheeseballs, and Cambells cream of everything casseroles and vegetables. Jello salad was considered a veggie or fruit in many circles.

You are stressing over nothing. Ifyou knew how much sugar and crap your parents fed you growing up you would have a hesrt attack.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Regular pasta doesn't have added sugar. Neither does regular milk. Are you worried about too many carbs OP? I think you need to explain what your issue is, again, from the beginning.

The easy answer would be not to carb-load your baby. They don't need a mound of rice or pasta for dinner. Baby can have the roasted veggies, whatever protein you're offering, fruit, cheese, lots of stuff. It doesn't have to be from a package.

If it's overwhelming you, then roast a mega batch of sweet potato slices, carrots, brussel sprouts, and mushrooms over the weekend. Keep them and reheat during the week as an easy go-to.

It's fine to feed baby carbs. Babies and children can easily process carbs, and use the energy to grow. Unless a child is overweight/obese, there is no reason to reduce or restrict carbs, and good reason to do so.

Babies actually NEED carbs to grow properly. Carbs specifically help their brains develop.

[Anonymous]

OP buy your meat locally from a local farm. There are many around here. Then you can see for yourself that they are treated well.

Eat and feed your kid a wide variety of foods. That way you all have less exposure to one bad thing. Don't be the family that has rice or tuna every day, for example. Make it a once a week thing.

Cook from scratch as much as possible. You'll be avoiding a lot of additives that way.

[Anonymous]

Dial it back, op.

Gluten is not bad.

Fruit is not evil.

Meat is not bad.

Organic is not necessary.



Buy local, in season where you can.




I have milk delivered from south mountain creamery. Pasteurized, but not homogenized. That's my choice eye it comes to dairy.

I buy locally raised meats and hormone free poultry. Not necessarily organic.

I steer away from the non organic dirty dozen where possible when buying fruits and veggies and choose pesticide free on those when I can.

I raise my own garden.

I eat in season as much as possible. No tomatoes in December. i enjoy going to upick farms.

Learn about your food. Find it at its source. Get off the internet once in awhile and visit a farm.

[Anonymous]

Eat whole, organic foods. Processed crap has what you "fear". It's not that hard.

[Anonymous]

Google "orthorexia." You're sliding down that slope ...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ah crap I'm sorry. I'm mixing my sugar woes with my woes about the food supply. For milk, I'm freaked about about growth hormones in cows. For rice, I'm freaked out about arsenic content. I'm sorry ya'll.

So buy organic milk, organic plain yogurt (for no sugar) and don't give rice to the baby.

[Anonymous]

Her issue is that she's a FTM attempting to raise a science experiment instead of a child.

The good news is that by the time she has a second or third kid, she'll calm down a bit and won't bat an eye at Lucky Charms.

The bad news is that her firstborn will likely end up being type A, neurotic, and have food issues.

[Anonymous]

I think OP could use a standard Anerican Xanax.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Her issue is that she's a FTM attempting to raise a science experiment instead of a child.

The good news is that by the time she has a second or third kid, she'll calm down a bit and won't bat an eye at Lucky Charms.

The bad news is that her firstborn will likely end up being type A, neurotic, and have food issues.

You don't need to insult me because you feel bad about feeding lucky charms to your kids. And maybe don't have three kids if you can't spare the time to feed them well. The issues with the American food supply are well documented and real. Just because I want to be a more educated consumer does not mean I have "food issues". Pick up a book. Or don't. It's your family. I'll make food choices for mine, you make food choices for yours ok?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Regular pasta doesn't have added sugar. Neither does regular milk. Are you worried about too many carbs OP? I think you need to explain what your issue is, again, from the beginning.

The easy answer would be not to carb-load your baby. They don't need a mound of rice or pasta for dinner. Baby can have the roasted veggies, whatever protein you're offering, fruit, cheese, lots of stuff. It doesn't have to be from a package.

If it's overwhelming you, then roast a mega batch of sweet potato slices, carrots, brussel sprouts, and mushrooms over the weekend. Keep them and reheat during the week as an easy go-to.

It's fine to feed baby carbs. Babies and children can easily process carbs, and use the energy to grow. Unless a child is overweight/obese, there is no reason to reduce or restrict carbs, and good reason to do so.

Babies actually NEED carbs to grow properly. Carbs specifically help their brains develop.

This is true, but carbs don't need to get carbs from grains (gluten or non-gluten). Many vegetables and most fruits are very carb-heavy. (NP here btw.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Regular pasta doesn't have added sugar. Neither does regular milk. Are you worried about too many carbs OP? I think you need to explain what your issue is, again, from the beginning.

The easy answer would be not to carb-load your baby. They don't need a mound of rice or pasta for dinner. Baby can have the roasted veggies, whatever protein you're offering, fruit, cheese, lots of stuff. It doesn't have to be from a package.

If it's overwhelming you, then roast a mega batch of sweet potato slices, carrots, brussel sprouts, and mushrooms over the weekend. Keep them and reheat during the week as an easy go-to.

It's fine to feed baby carbs. Babies and children can easily process carbs, and use the energy to grow. Unless a child is overweight/obese, there is no reason to reduce or restrict carbs, and good reason to do so.

Babies actually NEED carbs to grow properly. Carbs specifically help their brains develop.

This is true, but carbs don't need to get carbs from grains (gluten or non-gluten). Many vegetables and most fruits are very carb-heavy. (NP here btw.)

Babies, not carbs. Sorry!

[Anonymous]

Gluten is a protein that is produced when certain grains are processed in certain ways. "Processed" in this sense can mean the most fundamental way of putting ingredients together; we create gluten in our home kitchen several times a month when we make bread, pasta, or pizza dough from scratch.

Some people can't process gluten: in people with celiac's, their immune system fights against it. That doesn't mean that gluten is bad for everyone all the time.

[Anonymous]

I agree it's worrisome, OP. All you can do is try to be as careful and attentive as you can.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Her issue is that she's a FTM attempting to raise a science experiment instead of a child.

The good news is that by the time she has a second or third kid, she'll calm down a bit and won't bat an eye at Lucky Charms.

The bad news is that her firstborn will likely end up being type A, neurotic, and have food issues.

You don't need to insult me because you feel bad about feeding lucky charms to your kids. And maybe don't have three kids if you can't spare the time to feed them well. The issues with the American food supply are well documented and real. Just because I want to be a more educated consumer does not mean I have "food issues". Pick up a book. Or don't. It's your family. I'll make food choices for mine, you make food choices for yours ok?

I have four kids and they don't eat lucky charms. My comment was merely a flip one aimed at underscoring your FTM hyper awareness. You'll eventually lighten up.

It's really not that hard to eat clean. I'm juggling a demanding career and four kids, yet I've managed to figure out how to feed my family.

You, on the other hand, buy horizon flavored milk. Rookie mistake. All kids products are full of sugar (steer clear of Yo Baby).

You'll figure it out, but you need to relax...or else you will screw up your kid. Don't make your food issues your kid's food issues.