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I keep hearing about kids falling down dead from simply playing sports. It seems, here in Austin, we are averaging 3 a year. Kids have always played sports and I was quite active as a teenager, we played in 110 degree weather all the time, no one died, so what has changed? Kids don't appear to be as healthy as they once were, there are many reasons, this is only one of them:
You can hardly buy anything anymore without corn syrup being added in one way or another. The US government's price supports on cane and beet sugar keep the cost artificially high which causes most manufacturer's to turn to the then cheaper corn syrup. Since this has been happening, US has more obesity, more diabetes, etc.
The reason sucrose is better than fructose is because it is naturally sweeter than corn syrup, therefore, you would need less of it, plus it fulfills the body's craving of sugar better as well which might lead to the eating of less junkfood. The government's meddling also leads to misrepresentations in the food health recommendations. There is always money and greed involved somewhere and it all boils down to the fact you can't trust anything the gov. does or says.
"A U.S. District Court judge ruled last week that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) violated federal laws when they selected individuals with known financial ties to various food industries to serve as members to the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. This group was in charge of drawing up the latest nutritional guidelines that comprise the USDA's "Food Pyramid".
WAIT A SECOND... ok, we are born into this world not know what anything is, are parents are the ones that teach us what is good, what is bad, what not to do, whats good for us and whats bad. I know when I was younger I used to cry and scream if I didn't get an apple.. orange or sweetcorn, my brother used to scream for bannans. We never had sweets when we where little, and I have never been a huge junk food eater I love food, I love eating, and have never been and never will be a fussy eater, because this is what it all boils down too, Mums and dads that will shove a lollie pop in a babys mouth if they cry, Or take them to mcdonalds when they are hungry. Instead of taking them home and cooking something better for them.
A growing kid NEEDS veg, fruit.. pasta.. bread... Not some fucking chopped up brain, eye and ear parts that they called a burger in Mcdonalds.. Burger king or KFC
A fussy eater is made, most of the time its the parents Lazy, Ignoront and Just plain stupid to see that there kid needs food that will help there bones grow and develop into adults.
The thing I hate the most is if Im on a bus or something and a babys crying and the mum is like ''Do you want a sweet?'' It like.. FUCK OFF... that baby doesn't know what things are.. how does he/she know if it wants a fucking sweet.. shove any food in a babys mouth and see it shut up.
I think schools are also the blame, I recently watched Jamie Oliver, (chef) go round schools to see what school dinners kids where eating.. Its no longer sasuages and mash.. or stew and dumplings... its chicken drum sticks and chips No salad, No fruit.. Nothing like that. Most school dinner ladies in this program didn't even know how to cook a decent meal. Schools also dont do as much sports as they used to... I remember when I was at school...They didn't care if you forgot your P.E kit.. they would find you one or if you forgot your trainers... they would find some in L/P and make you wear them.... they didn't care if you had period pains... they MADE you do P.E.
I don't know, Maybe its because of they way I have been brought up.
Joined: Wed Jan 12 2005, 12:39pm
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I agree Hayley, they need more exercise and home cooking, not pre made stuff which will contain corn syrup. I just saw some show where this Mom actually hired a therapist to try and get her kid to eat fruits and veggies. I was like, tell him to eat them or get spanked &/or privileges revoked, no choice. It is ridiculous the way parents do these days.
Theres shit loads of them shows here where they pay to teach the parents how to get there child to behave... how to cook... make there child eat....Go to school... It does my head in.
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wrote ... I was like, tell him to eat them or get spanked &/or privileges revoked, no choice. It is ridiculous the way parents do these days
I agree. Seriously with like kids starving in like Japan, damn kids should eat something healthy and not be soo damn picky. Most kids all they want is pizza chicken wings anything drenched in cheese or gravy. Don't get me wrong the stuff is good and all but damn eat an apple, drink some water, have a salad for heavens sakes kids!
