lumpkin
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a healthy lifestyle was part of my upbringing. i hardly ever got sugars or sweets as a child. i was raised eating whole grain breads and healthy cereals, never got sodas. we hardly ever ate fast food. sometimes i got ice cream.Date: 5/2/2007 3:02:47 PM
Author:lumpkin
while you were a child? Was a healthy lifestyle part of your upbringing or did you learn through sports/activities through school or as an adult?
Date: 5/2/2007 4:57:11 PM
Author: rainbowtrout
It is SO hard to keep people from giving your kids sugar. Mom used to tear her hair out. She even gave the teacher sugar free candy to give me when the other kids got a piece. I was only allowed sugar on the weekends through high school, and even now I realy try to stay away most of the time. Usually I''ll have a lump in my morning tea and that''s it, sometimes not that. I find trying to set ''sugar free days'' where I consciously eat zero sugar helps, since Morocco is the number 1 consumer of sugar in the WORLD!!!
Seriously, and we wonder why we have a problem with obesity when we reward good behavior with candy?
Date: 5/2/2007 5:03:33 PM
Author: kcoursolle
I learned sports and staying active through after school sports.
However, I learned overall portion control, healthy eating, eating vegetables, etc. through what my parent''s served at the table, their habits, and what was stocked in our fridge/cabinets.
I grew up in a farming town in the midwest, so... noDate: 5/2/2007 3:02:47 PM
Author:lumpkin
Did you learn about nutrition from your family while you were a child? Was a healthy lifestyle part of your upbringing or did you learn through sports/activities through school or as an adult?
HI:Date: 5/3/2007 12:38:49 PM
Author: lumpkin
Canuk-gal, your mom sounds like an amazing cook. I always heard you weren't supposed to use aluminum pans (so I guess aluminum foil is out, too, but I use it to catch drips when I bake/roast/broil meat). I've wondered about the non-stick coatings, too. A few years ago I read a nutrition book by Dr. Andrew Weil and now I never microwave anything in plastic, but I still do heat things in it. How did your mom do the flouridation? Our water where I live is already flouridated, so we don't have to worry about it, and we have toothpaste with flouride.