This morning while talking to Tom, I looked down at a section of The Wall Street Journal that caught my eye. The article was talking about food allergies and kids. It reported that currently in the US 6 million kids (1 out of about every 13) now have an identified serious food allergy. More shocking yet, the number of these identified allergies "rose by 18% from 1997 to 2008" ("Finding Food Allergy Allies"). Perhaps, however, the most shocking information from this entire article was not to look systemically at the problem, but to take action in the form of creating more rules, stocking up on medicines at schools, and developing materials on how to recognize symptoms.
Wait.
Aren't we avoiding the VERY LARGE elephant in the room?
It's the food, folks...or the poor representation of the word.
I realize there are exceptions to every rule; however, study after study after study consistently reveals the same information to us that what Americans now call food seldom is. As a result, we're filling ourselves and our offspring with fat, chemicals, sugar, and empty calories. We have obese children like never before, having adult illnesses and flabby, pre-aged bodies.
Time to get our collective act together...are you with me?
On this blog I will offer the latest research I can find as well as a multitude of recipes that will suit even "picky" eaters. You will need to realize that some of you are already working with a strong sugar addiction that needs to be faced head-on (so are some of your kids). But isn't it worth it to see healthy kids once again...and healthy adults?
Spring is just around the corner--time to start fresh. How about today?
Tomorrow I'll give you some info on how I discovered that "fungus among us"--and, in taking action, got off prescribed meds. See you then!
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