Kids Bites
Do We Send Our Troops Our Halloween Loot?
As my kids get all excited to dress up and pretend to be someone or something that they are not for … [Read More...]
Don’t Blame it on the Dads
The rates of autism have reached an all time high. One in eighty eight children have some form of … [Read More...]
Featured Articles
Why am I Against Energy Drinks for Kids?
Most of the press that I received after I sent last month’s newsletter from Build Healthy Kids® to elementary school children warning about the risks of too much liquid sugar in their diet and the potential danger of energy drinks in particular was positive. I did however get some backlash about sticking my nose in a person’s first amendment … [Read More...]
Choose It!
Even though you may know what you should eat, that doesnt mean you are going to make the healthy choice all the time. Well, the same is true for kids; we all need encouragement to make the less desirable choice, right? Why would I choose carrots when I can have a cookie? If you look back only a hundred or so years you find that around the table, … [Read More...]
Turn 1 Roast into 3 Meals
As a cook, when I plan a meal I first select the protein source and then figure out what I want to do with it. It can be what I found on sale that day or what I have in the freezer. The protein is the star of the show but there are many more actors on stage; lots of vegetables and whole grains. Here is how I took one roasted chicken and made meals … [Read More...]
Don’t Judge a Tomato by its Shape and Other Life Lessons
I am hooked on heirloom tomatoes. I recently started buying them because I was intrigued with how really great they smelled; just like a home grown tomato. Their shape and color was a little weird for me which is why I shied away from them for so long. I am not used to yellow tomatoes and the brownish purple ones, well they are just too weird … [Read More...]
Pharmacists Invented Soda
When you think about the food and beverages that you consume, don’t you imagine that they were created in a kitchen somewhere? Maybe you haven’t stopped to think about it but I imagine a cook (be it a chef or a mom who loves to cook) pouring his or her passion for taste and food into a recipe and thus hot cocoa, or cake was born. At least that is … [Read More...]
Lessons From Ferdinand the Bull
I took a walk this morning to the llama and cow farm down the street and said hello to Ferdinand, the name I gave the sole bull amongst the heifers. I watched as he threw up cud into his mouth a couple of times while we locked eyes. My instinct was to dry heave but I stayed with him and watched as no sign of uncomfortable-ness or fear or … [Read More...]
Nutrition Advice Hasn’t Changed since 1937!
I came across a magazine that was published in 1937 and distributed to new mothers. Here is how the article started: “The American housewife today is offered an opportunity such as never before been known in the history of our country. This opportunity is one of cooperating with her government in a national crisis, by intelligent … [Read More...]
Don’t Let Your Child Eat Their Weight In Sugar Each Year!
This month is about limiting treats. Did you know that on average, kids are eating and drinking their weight in sugar every year? The Dietary Guideline for Americans 2010 stated that on average children are consuming 23 teaspoons of sugar a day which adds up to 78 pounds a year. That is a scary statistic seeing that sugar in excess can cause so … [Read More...]
Diary of a Picky Kid
Follow the antics, trials and tribulations of a very, very picky eater. Meet Charlie: he doesn't eat any fruit, will throw up if his mom makes him and doesn't like anything to do with healthy food. He would live on Halloween candy if he could. Read along as Charlies mom, Cindy, blogs about her frustrations and interactions with Charlie as she … [Read More...]
Play With Your Food
Let’s play “Let’s Pretend”. What would happen if you were invited out to dinner at a restaurant, knew nothing about the food they served there: if it was healthy or even tasted good? Once you arrived, you were not given a menu or asked what your preference was and suddenly a plate of something ‘unknown’ and ‘unidentifiable’ was put down in front … [Read More...]
Dr. Debbie Kennedy (Dr. Deb) is a pediatric nutritionist with 23 years of experience in the field. She has worked with both Yale and Columbia Universities, and has developed programs for some of the industry’s luminaries such as Dr. David Katz and Dr. Mehmet Oz. 
