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Once a child moves beyond breastfeeding, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t it’s up to us parents to take on the awesome responsibility of navigating our \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t way through a pretty lousy American diet and nourishing our kids in ways that \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t help — not hinder — their growing bodies and brains.<\/p>\n

This is more \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t challenging than it ought to be, because the American diet — especially for \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t kids — is so skewed toward empty calories. Too many of the foods favored by \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t kids have too much carbohydrate and sugar but not enough protein and far too \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t few good fats (especially EFAs) and micronutrients.<\/p>\n

It’s our job, then, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t to make sure that our kids aren’t poisoned or sickened by diets that are \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t aggressively high in sugar and high in saturated fat but low in protein, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t vitamins, minerals, and essential trace elements. We need to resist the urge to \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t let marketing efforts (especially those of the fast-food industry) lure us into \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t giving our kids the wrong kind of nutrition. Instead, we have to dedicate \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t ourselves to feeding them adequate amounts of the six key nutrients. \u00a0 Continued…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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