Health Isn't a Joke!

Coming just a few days after the pizza post about Dominos In Schools, WEB MD posts a related article on reducing sodium. See a piece here:

"A quick look at the pie charts suggest that one particular kind of pie -- pizza -- is a major source of the food types Americans are advised to avoid.
It's clear that Americans get too much sodium, and the new guidelines endorse cutting back to 1,500 mg per day for people over age 51, African-Americans, and people with high blood pressure. That's more than half of all Americans. The rest of us are advised to cut back to less than 2,300 mg of sodium per day.
Most of this sodium comes from processed foods and not from our salt shakers. Vilsack said the USDA will pressure food companies to help us meet the new guidelines."

Very interesting...coincidence?

But wait! The best part is here:

"The new dietary guidelines focus on two major themes:

• watching calories to achieve and maintain a healthy weight
• tipping the balance of calorie intake: More calories from nutrition-rich foods, fewer calories from solid fats, sugars, and refined grains

There's also a focus on getting children to adopt healthy lifestyles."

Is this a joke? Must have taken them 2 whole seconds to come up with that original idea for these two themes. Phew - they are working too hard.

Action. Action more than words please.

This reminds me of how we feed our children in our own homes.

 Garlic Potato Mash

If you give a child a choice of some fries or a baked potato, most would choose the fries. They're more fun, they have a lot of flavor from salt and oil....
But what if we only gave the choice of a baked potato or a sweet potato? They will still have one choice, but both options are healthier than fries.
If they choose neither, then that's fine for now, but their taste buds will become accustomed to what they eat, so let's give healthy options.

Entire article: WEB MD ARTICLE