June 26, 2011

Eating at School
Building a Furture Through Child Nutrition


During you time at school, you were able to get your food, sit down and eat it with no worriers of the time it would take for you to complete your lunch period with a full lunch. In schools this day and age, there are so many students; Your child may come home "starving." You ask your child(ren) why are they hungry, you inquire about lunch time and what they are doing during this time. You are shocked to find out that, the time allotted to them, may not be as accurate as the school may think so.



The National FoodService Management Institute The university of Mississippi was established in 1989. They did a study on Eating at school. The time, duration of service, eating, and socializing that you don't have any clue about, because you are not there with your child. Most children would be able to do anything. Service times in school can directly impact the time your child gets through the lunch line, and how much time it leaves them to socialize. In studying the high, middle, and elementary schools in WA, TX, UT, and NY; Variables such as the number of students released, time of choices to be placed by student, times and dates of lunch.

Below the chats will show in minutes how much lunch time has been crazier and crazier. The graphs show the minutes in color coordination, that some eat and some don't eat.



(http://www.schoolwellnesspolicies.org/resources/eating_at_school.pdf)





Having 2.5 minutes to 8.1 minutes for service time, You can imagine this is cut away from the rest of the lunch schedule. During the time at the table, students take to catch up with each other, eat(not digest) food. The its time for them to get up and start moving to their next class. In speaking with Alexis Hitchman,
What do you do most at lunch time?
most of my lunch period is in the lunch line, I spend maybe about 10 minutes at the table and most of that is spent talking  and socializing with other classmates. Now you have the answer to why your child comes home hungry.

June 12, 2011

To Eat or Not to Eat

High Fructose Corn Syrup



Very familiar with the staggering messages that come from this subject. Some say not to eat it at all. Although there are conflicting messages through commercials. 

What do you believe?
Are you worried?
Are you interested?




High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) has been used for years, and it was claimed to be the new cheap sweetener. HFCS has been linked to many things such as anemia, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, tooth decay, and many many more. Corn has been proven to be insufficient in 3 or the 8 vitamin needs that are essential for daily intake. SO why do we think that HFCS would be a good thing to put into so many of the products that we consume on a daily basis?
Its the greedy manufactures have gobbled this cheap sweetener up, to make massive amounts of products that we consume daily and allow your families to consume. Don't be deceived, just because HFCS comes from corn, yes it makes it a natural product, however it does not always mean that natural product is Healthy and good for you to eat.  Poison Ivy is a natural plant that grows, however because of the name and effect it has, we know it isn't good for us. Be aware of those things that don't look harmful; they can be. (http://www.naturalnews.com/024466_corn_health_HFCS.html)


Cheaper than Sucrose, HFCS has been placed is so many products such as 
soft drinks (Coca-Cola, Pepsi)
fruit juices (Snapple, Ocean Spray Cranberry) and canned fruits
breakfast cereals (Kellogg’s cornflakes)
ice cream and dairy products (Dreyer’s, Yoplait yogurts)
cookies and crackers (Nabisco Ritz crackers)
soups and sauces (Campbell’s vegetable soup)
condiments and salad dressings
baking products and baked goods
candy bars and gum (PowerBar)
jams, jellies and syrup (Smucker’s grape jelly)
cough syrups and low-fat diet foods (Robitussin, Vicks)

Did you know that Fructose can interact with your birth control is you are currently taking it. Something to think about hugh? HFCS can also travel to the liver and increase diabetes and tissue damage. HFCS, isn't something that you want running rampant in your body. You know that if you would like to lose weight, that the biggest things to do are to stop drinking soda and processed fruit juices. You should cleanse your body and drink 8 glasses of water daily. You will be surprised at the change your body will have. So read labels before you just put something to you mouth to eat or drink. Take an active awareness for you health and how HFCS can contribute to some of the things you are currently dealing with. (http://worldevolved.blogspot.com/2009/06/what-are-dangers-of-high-fructose-corn.html)