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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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. [/quote]

I get your concerns. DH and I work full time and have two kids. We make our own tomato sauce, bread and yogurts. You can buy milk with no growth hormones. All my meat and poultry is organic and has no antibiotics or hormones, plus free range. Any produce that doesn't come in a "shell" (banana, orange) is bought organic. Food is important to us, so we're willing to spend. When we use rice, it's white basmati rice from CA, Pakistan or India. We don't worry about the pasta - they don't eat much of it anyway. Plus, when I see the kids are eating something with a higher sugar content, I make sure to balance it out with a big dose of protein and that the other meals that day are lower in sugar.

There are people who will read this and will give the following counterpoints:

1. "I grew up eating McDonalds two to three times a week and having some candy every day after school and I'm fine" To that, I say, that's great for you. 
2. "Just wait until your kids go to school and trade or throw out their organic plums for Oreos from the kid sitting next to them." To that, I say, I know that's a possibility (maybe even a probability) and while I have my kids under my control I'll do everything I can to give them the healthiest start in life possible. [/quote]

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