ok, i know i am a cow when it comes to most things in life - but one of my biggest pet peeves is the nutrition/ diet industry. i came across this 'smart' article, advising parents about 'Healthier Halloween Treats' for kids.
Some of their brilliant suggestions include:
Sugar-Free Gum
Avoid these: Chewy candies, which are very high in sugar. They are unhealthy and can stick to teeth and cause cavities.
Try these instead: Fruit-flavoured, sugar-free gum. It has the delicious taste kids love, minus the excessive quantities of sugar.
Oh right.....because sugar is the devil and ASPARTAME is good for you??? wow. hey, here's some food for thought - there is a shitload of candy available that are made with natural food coloring, no artificial flavors or additives, without toxic chemicals (such as aspartame) and use plain sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup...Sure, the kids are going to be high as kites on all the sugar - but who cares?? - it's halloween! let them go frickin' crazy for all i care, just don't poison your (and other ppl's) kids for the sake of convenience, fad-diets, or your own cheapness....
Portion-Controlled Packs
Avoid these: Sugar-filled snack cakes.
Try these instead: 100-calorie, portion-controlled packages of cookies, pretzels, etc. The limited quantities are healthier for children and the goods contain way less fat and sugar than snack cakes. Plus, 100-calorie bags of Oreo cookies are just as delicious!
Great idea - portion control your junk [insert sarcastic tone here]. here's a question: what's in an oreo?
Ingredients: SUGAR, ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE {VITAMIN B1}, RIBOFLAVIN {VITAMIN B2}, FOLIC ACID), HIGH OLEIC CANOLA OIL AND/OR PALM OIL AND/OR CANOLA OIL, AND/OR SOYBEAN OIL, COCOA (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CORNSTARCH, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA AND/OR CALCIUM PHOSPHATE), SALT, SOY LECITHIN (EMULSIFIER), VANILLIN - AN ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CHOCOLATE. CONTAINS: WHEAT, SOY.
oh my god - there's chocolate in it! ?! last ingredient though, which means close to nada. those stupid 100 calorie pack of artificial food, called 'snacks' are so retarded. sure calories intake and output is important, but it's senseless if you're eating food that isn't actual food. junk is junk and i don't think it matters if you have one or 100. it's called marketing, and you just bought into it.
Chocolate
Avoid these: Chocolate filled with caramel, nuts, nougat and other high-calorie sweets.
Try these instead: Sweet, dark chocolate. It’s rich in chocolaty flavour but has way less calories than heavier milk chocolate bars.
ok - i do agree with this one, but it's completely unrealistic. children don't like dark chocolate (unless they are 40 yrs old at the age of 5). it's pointless to hand a kid a square of dark chocolate, cause it'll be traded (to a younger, less experienced trick or treater) in less than 10 seconds - it's more about quality fun chocolate over junky palm oil stuff...just cause it's cheap and readily available at costco or walmart (there's the real devil, whole 'nother post though). doesn't mean you have to buy it. read the label; be a smart consumer.
all in all --- it's HALLOWEEN. let them have all the fun they want. buy a new toothbrush and give away 'real candy', sans chemicals. that's my 2 cents for today.....oh, right - and f' you, Reader's Digest.
http://www.readersdigest.ca/health/cms/xcms/healthier-halloween-treats_4390_a.html
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