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Kids cereals still too sugary. According to Consumer Reports, 11 top kids cereals have as much sugar as a glazed donut, and two are more than 50% sugar by weight. Best bets for fiber and low sugar? Cheerios, Kix, Honey Nut Cheerios (all General Mills), and Life (Quaker Oats).
The Organic Milk Debate: Is big the same as bad? Consumers and activist groups are saying yes. Do industrial-scale organic farms violate the intentions of the organic laber, or is it the next step in bringing organic to the masses?
Eating Healthy on a Budget: Lots of links and tips in this post from BlogHer. I’m still a fan of more fresh, less processed, more home-grown and home-cooked.
Bill of Rights for Young Athletes. From Arizona Mama. Not food-safety related, but relevant to all of us who have school-age children involved in athletics or any other myriad of activities. Hitting home for me in particular is every child’s right (athlete or not) to be treated with dignity.
Yo-Yo powered i-phone charger. From Ecogeek. Several times cooler, more convenient, and better for the environment than a solar powered charger. Not sure you’ll be seeing this one the market any time soon, but it’s a fun idea!
October 7th, 2008 at 12:21pm
Eating Healthy on a Budget…There is no “magic” formula but eating healthy can be done inexpensively it just requires thought, and work. I am working to add more family friendly tips to eating healthy on our blog. It requires actual cooking and time in the kitchen. There are things that can be done to make it easier though…brown rice in a rice cooker, dried beans cooked overnight in crockpot, kids in the kitchen to help as prep chefs, etc. Just keep it simple..if you cook it you know what is in it!
And as to kids and cereal..home made granola is a very inexpensive alternative to anything out there!
Just my two cents, on one of my favorite subjects.
October 20th, 2008 at 10:08am
Okay, organic milk is not better than any other milk. This is a big bugaboo for me. rBST, etc, is the exact same hormone cows produce naturally to lactate. If your milk wasn’t coming in and you needed to produce some to feed your baby, you’d probably get a human version of the same shot. Honestly, “organic” milk is just a way for processors to get a dollar more a gallon out of consumers. AND that money isn’t passed back to the dairy farmers. So — since we drink three gallons of milk a day at our house, I think I’ll keep buying the $4 version, rather than amping up to the uselessly inflated $5 version.