My rant
I’m over it.
How is it normal practice to feed your children chemically, sugar and trans fat laden food and to sit them in front of an IPad, but it’s strange to take care in the food you nourish your babies with and choose to teach them to communicate and be in the world around them?
I have had enough, I’m tired of proving myself and explaining why myself and my husband choose to feed our daughter the way we do. I’m tired of always being the ‘hippy’ or ‘weirdo’ when I say no to giving my most precious thing in the world food which I know is proven to harm and bring about bad health. Can society as a whole not recognise that we are setting our children up for a lifetime of weight and health struggles, as well as bad habits like comfort eating. When your child is sad don’t take them to McDonalds to cheer them up take them to the park or the beach.
My husband and I have a set of ideals which we live by, these are constantly being challenged and questioned, but why should we be the ones to prove what we are doing is the right way, isn’t it obvious? The facts are all there it’s just that the majority of the population choose to ignore them. Do you know….
~’fruit’ juice has as many calories from sugar as coke – check out hookedonjuice – this is the most unnecessary thing for your children to be ingesting, what’s wrong with water? We are made up of 60-70% of the stuff so isn’t it obvious that t his is what we should be drinking?
~In 2 pieces of white bread there are 10 (!!!) teaspoons of sugar. And the old excuse of “But my child will only eat white bread” well where did they get it from in the first place? If you don’t give it to them they don’t know what it is.
~19-24% of Australian children are overweight or obese, this number directly correlates to the percentage of lifestyle related diseases, this is our future. 85-90% of heart disease is lifestyle related, diabetes is the 6th biggest killer in Australia and 60% of cases are preventable through lifestyle.
What we feed our kids matters, it has a lasting effect on them as they grow and develop it’s not a matter to be taken lightly. I have heard people use every excuse known, but in the end it is up to us as their parents to live by example and to teach them that what you eat is important, it is not difficult to fuel ourselves with wholesome real foods, only as hard as we make it for ourselves.
So now that I have had my rant I will conclude with this, I don’t tell you how to feed your children unless you ask. When given the opportunity I can be direct and scarily honest, that is just who I am, but unless you begin this discussion with me I will leave it alone simply because I know it is none of my business what you give your children to eat. So stop questioning me, when I hear the remark that goes something like “Poor little Lotus misses out on all the good food” my first reaction is to feed you the facts, then a good healthy yummy nutritious meal. We feed our baby girl the way we do to give her the best life possible. We have educated ourselves and are living a concious existence where I hope to help my daughter to grow into a healthy, happy and balanced woman with no issues surrounding food or her body. We do not deny her, if she is at a party she has a piece of cake, when we go to the night markets she has a small ice cream, we are in no way extremists but instead we are what hopefully one day will be the norm. It is time to take responsibility for ourselves, our kids, our bodies, our health and our future.
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Bravo I totally agree and I feel your frustration. Processed food isn’t the “good stuff” that everyone thinks it is, it’s just easy. If you want to have a burger make it yourself ditto pizza, I can bet you that once you have perfected it they will taste so much better. If the fact that the food is processed doesn’t scare you think about the way the animals are raised before they are slaughtered and how their life and the toxins created in this process then pass through your body. I’m definitely not a vegetarian but I am mindful where the food comes from and how it is produced. I try to put as little rubbish in my body as possible. Thanks for the insight.
You are an inspiration to so many people (me included) purely by the way you live your life. You are an exceptional mother and Lotus is beyond blessed to have your love and guidance. As a nutritionist I wholeheartedly agree with everything you have said. As a mother of a child with a serious allergic gastrointestinal disorder I 100% back you with your belief that if you don’t give children bad food they will not know what it is. My daughter has never tasted icecream or birthday cake yet last week she told me she would like a princess cake for her birthday cake this year so the other kids could eat it and said that she would like a carved watermelon, mango and strawberry ‘cake’ for her like she had last year. Why is it that as a society people feel pressured to feed their children junk? I am constantly astounded by the people who tell me that I am “so lucky” that my daughter only has 15 ‘safe’ foods (all of which are healthy) because she eats so well and they would love if their children would eat like her. I assure you that these severe dietary restrictions are not easy to live with but if she could eat everything I would still choose only healthy options. If you want your child to eat healthy food why did you ever start feeding them maggi 2 minute noodles for lunch and sausages for dinner? What does it take to show you that these foods are poison? Behavioural reactions? A little sickness? A lot? Allergic reaction? Why do people need extremes to take action and make better decisions?
I understand your frustration and want to thank you for the way you walk your talk and in doing so encourage others to make healthier choices for themselves and their children.
Go girl!!!!! U r an amazing Mum and as Nicole said Lotus is so blessed with you and Pat guiding her. By allowing Lotus to ‘try’ different foods at parties etc she knows what she prefers as after the party is over she never constantly asks for the ‘other food’!!! How can she be missing out???? No way !! If she grows up to be like her amazing mum she won’t go far wrong at all. U inspire me everyday Alicia, I try and give my grandsons only the right foods, I am lucky as their parents do not feed them ‘junk’ but aren’t as good as you are but as you say each to their own just dont preach to you as if Lotus is missing out! Hope u feel better now that’s off your chest just keep on doing what you are doing one day your beautiful Lotus will thank you for guiding her in this sometimes crazy world. Xoxoxoxoxoxoxo