Re: Is all cereal junk food to a 4 year old????
- From: "Engram" <engram_au@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 22:33:16 +1000
<enigmamia@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'm going nuts. My husband hates if I give my children cereal. Claiming
it is all junk food. In America I would get the high protein, high
fiber cereal. That certainly isn't complete junk food. Here in India,
where i"m living at the moment, I have found Wheatabix, which appears
to be the same as Wheatbix, which is popular in Australai. fortified,
high fiber wheat cereal.
they might have that a few days a week, and other days eggs with cheese
and a fruit on the side, or cereal AND eggs and fruit.
Am i a terrible mom even giving them any cereal???? I'm going nuts! Of
course I haven't and don't give them the sugar loaded cereals. all the
ones advertised on tv. But please someone, give me some reports that
some cereals (and which ones) are healthy for 3 and 4 year olds, and
how much carbs (rice, bread, cereal) is required for kids.
I give my 1 y.o. son Weetbix. Although it's 67% carbohydrate, it's only 3.3%
simple sugars so it's not sweet. Then again, all carbs get broken down into
simple sugars, some sooner (in the mouth) and some later. Check the
nutritional content of cereals you are considering and decide what you are
ready to live with. I have no idea which carbs are present in Weetbix, the
box just says "carbohydrates"...
I guess it all depends on what your husband means by "junk food". Is it that
he objects to the sugar content or just to the idea of pre-prepared foods,
regardless of their nutritional content? If he objects to sugar, then tell
him to stop drinking milk (lactose is a carbohydrate) and eating any fruit
(fructose is a sugar, too). By all means stop eating potatoes (starch is
converted to simple sugars in the mouth). Ditto bread - full of carbs, also
converted to simple sugars in the mouth. Pasta, tomatoes, pumpkin, carrots -
all on the carb hit list. There's much, much more, but I can't think of them
all right now, LOL.
I don't think you're a terrible mum for feeding cereal to your kids. You try
to choose one that's healthier for them, rather than giving them a bowl of
sugar. Cereals can provide fibre as well as carbs. It's about balancing
their diet. And if you're a bad mum for feeding cereal to your kids, then so
am I and so is most of the rest of Australia, cereal being the major
breakfast food here.
If you do end up capitulating and giving in to your husband, with your kids
eating eggs every day, try to keep an eye on their cholesterol intake. While
cholesterol is not a big no-no for kids, children tend to thrive on a diet
with moderate cholesterol intake. You may need to cut back
cholesterol-containing foods at other times of the day. They're kids, not
adults on the Atkins diet!
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