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21. Hi Colleen, 22. Why does educating people about health and healthcare SHAME anyone? Why do we want to live in ignorance? Why do we want to make our children go down this path of saturated fats and junk foods? Why can't anyone have the strength and willpower to say NO to all the convenience foods ... the convenience foods are conveniently killing our nation. Why should these foods be available in our homes to our children much less to ourselves? Why do overweight people simply feel sorry for themselves and get all up in arms when the health professionals tell them that they are slowly and painfully killing themselves and their children? Why do they want to do this to themselves? Why do they want to abuse their children in this way? Why would heavy people rather get upset and get on a message board and tell everyone how special they are for being fat? And how they refuse to do anything to change? Why should I pay taxes to fund their healthcare? Why is it perfectly okay for a heavy person to insult someone who is thin or in shape, but if we say "fat" we have committed the crime of the century? 23. Well I cook too, but I cant get my kiddos to eat much veggies. I have a 2 year old and an 8 year old and the 2 year old will barely eat corn. But he loves spagetti so maybe that helps a little. I HATE TV dinners. Gross me out. I never liked those things. My kids dont either thank God. I cook the dinners but most of the time, the 2 year old doesnt eat it. Any suggestions from mothers who are raising 2 year olds? 24. Talk about shaming. My god, we can't all be as virtuous as Cyndy. Some nights its all I can do to get home by 10:00, let alone cook a nutritious dinner with fresh fruits and vegetables. I'm happy for the fortunate children of such paragons. For myself, I feel it's a major accomplishment that I've gotten my daughter to choose pears and apples as snacks and to ask for salad instead of grilled cheese as her quickie meal. Who the heck has time to shop, let alone cook??! 25. #23: If your kids love spaghetti, then that is perfect! You can put zuchinni, carrots, broccolli ... just about any vegetable in spaghetti ... The kids will never know, and will eat it with gusto. 26. I agree with Michelle...it's not just the junk food but the fact that kids (and parents) just aren't getting enough exercise ! They're inside watching TV and playing video games. I also believe that even if you're busy you can whip up something healthy instead of swinging by the drive-thru every night. How long does it take to make a lean turkey sandwich on wheat bread with low-fat mayo ?? It's not typical "dinner" food but who cares ????? Instead of baking together, go outside and run around for an hour or so... 27. In that case, families should be more disciplined to eat properly! 28. #23 - 29. #17. Rachele: ????????? Sounds like you have some issues not related to this article at all. Cancer is not "caused" by being sexually active. Educate yourself first before offering your opinion, please. 30. Parents are emcombered. They have the responsibilities of a single person plus! They think they must measure up to the Jones in terms of what is expected at work and home. They have to have the plasma TV even if they don't have the time to watch it. Children are needy. They cannot do for themselves so they yell every time they need something. Its just how they are built. The multitude of pressures- work, traffic, guilt over not being able to spend the time with their children, and the boredom that creeps up on them when they are caring for those children. Women are now operating as men, working outside the household on a regular basis, because they have to, and acting in this capacity they expect things to be more difficult, more challenging. Kids are simple. Mommy is bored, exhausted and depressed trying to function as Mommy and Daddy. One third of American households with children in them do not have a father to take care, because we have evolved in a most devastating way. Men have evolved to need more care themselves, hence, are incapable of providing any. And Mommy ends up having to take care of him as well. Now, she either does this or boots him. The problem is this- she has evolved to believe she is better off without him and attempts to do everything by herself. She no longer makes demands of him, and so she will never get anything from him. As long as this goes on, she be encombered and ALL will be sick. It is not just the food, a well person could eat just about anything and go unfazed. Stressed out people eat fatty foods because they are longing for the proteins needed to heal, but they get them from the wrong places. Non-fatty red meats, fish, nuts can provide this. Uncomplicate your diet. Eat the way a caveman would have eaten and the diet issues reside, but the stressed behavior will drive you to eat badly. 31. This is what happens when you send the kids to do the shopping. Oh wait, the parents do the shopping. 32. I agree with you Cyndy, if you take a little time to prepare, it is possible to cook meals even with a busy schedule. 33. Colleen's comment struck a nerve with me. So many young busy parents nowadays grew up as what my mom liked to call the "bologna and cream cheese" generation. They grew up with parents whose diets were *loaded* with processed foods (which made their diet loaded with process foods) and many weren't even taught how to cook. They might have had one or two home economics classes growing up if they were lucky, but that's it. It's really hard to teach kids what you don't know yourself. 34. Hey Colleen I hear you and I work in a food place for a living. But when it comes to home I just can't get it together which is why we buy quick, unhealhty, things to make. Lately, I have set aside 7 dinners, simple but clean eating, and repeat them. This way we don't have to place to far ahead. Don't let the crockpot fool you it takes alot of planning and purchasing food ahead. Its good but takes time. Put together simple meals that you can pick up and make all in the same night. Let me know if you need suggestions. 35. It is hard to be consistent on a regular basis while raising children, either while working, not working, single or married. Most people try to do the best they can at any given time and there is usually a good reason why people stray from the "perfect" thing to do for a child. All the reasons and comments that I read from everyone are probably true at one time or another in someone's parenting skills/life. People shouldn't judge and try to convey a perfect parent image to everyone. Most of us parents are "good" most of the time, but no parent is "perfect" all the time. 36. To Meela...ummm the childless one, since you dont have children maybe you should just stay off the topic, if you have your children wash their hands before they eat whats wrong with taking a bite of something they just had? I think there are probably just as many adults who may pick their nose and grab other body parts before eating and not washing, kids arent the only ones!! And Yes, that had nothing to do with the topic!! 37. Wow Rachele..... I'd hate to hear how you talk about your enemies if that is how you refer to your friends. Sounds like some repressed anger towards your choices or something. You shouldn't judge your "friends" - or anyone else - like that. 38. Lee, 39. One study that I haven't seen all over the place is how MUCH more expensive it is to eat healthy. Fruit, fish, all the good healthy stuff is far more expensive than the frozen foods. I'm always discouraged more when I go grocery shopping trying to stock up on healthy snacks and healthier foods because it's vastly more expensive. When is the government going to address that? When will the government be shamed by their own policies? This is a study I would love to see done. 40. Rachele: |
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