I agree with "i" who states that children should not be taught to depend on the sweet taste. I wish somebody had told me all that when mine were babies. My oldest son is 37 and still a hopeless Sweetaholic. The reason they start babies on cereal is because it's easy to digest, and so they won't get tummy ache. My boys were screaming for more food an hour later, got tummy ache anyway...was still hungry. LOL Hmm, that's just the opposite of what we need as adults, especially trying to lose weight, slowly digestible foods, right? Faye
"Yea tho I walk thru the valley of the shadow of Fatdom, I fear not...'cuz I got a pic of Atkins in my pocket." LC since 6/1/04 150/143/110
I agree with "i" who states that children should not be taught to depend on the sweet taste. I wish somebody had told me all that when mine were babies. My oldest son is 37 and still a hopeless Sweetaholic.
Does anyone know what people fed to their babies at this stage prior to mass-produced "cereals"? What do the Neanderthin followers feed their children? I ask this because don't they follow a more "back to the earth" version of low carb? I do not currently have any children but there's something that rubs me the wrong way about feeding children cereal if we already know how a high carb diet affects us as adults. I don't know how safe or whatever just mashing up regular foods are for children but I'd be more inclined to feed them REAL foods, i.e. vegetables, meats, and dairy than any Cheerios or graham crackers.
I agree with "i" who states that children should not be taught to depend on the sweet taste. I wish somebody had told me all that when mine were babies. My oldest son is 37 and still a hopeless Sweetaholic.
Has anyone ever tasted breastmilk?
LOL. Years ago a friend told me her husband wanted to try her breastmilk. Reportedly, his reaction was, "EW! It's warm!"
I do not currently have any children but there's something that rubs me the wrong way about feeding children cereal if we already know how a high carb diet affects us as adults.
I've read assorted estimates that 30 percent of overweight people have insulin resistance and/or diabetes. The remainder aren't affected the same way by eating carbs as adults.
Infants don't have the digestive system development of an adult. They also haven't developed the insulin resistance that a large percentage of low-carbers developed over decades of eating TOO MANY carbs with a genetic predisposition for problems with blood sugar metabolism.
Too much carb is a bad thing, but carbs aren't poisons that children need to avoid.
Too much carb is a bad thing, but carbs aren't poisons that children need to avoid.
Hear hear! My children have better eating habits than I was raised with, not because I'm forcing them to go low-carb, but because the larger percentage of their food is good, natural food. They'll not get the ever-famed "forbidden fruit syndrome" either, because yes, I do allow them to eat a bit of junk here and there. And guess what, they always proclaim that said item is not as good as "the kind mom makes".
Carbs aren't poisons that adults need to avoid either. In fact, (using atkins for example, even though I'm well aware that not everyone is using atkins) the whole point of the Atkins process is to teach one to maintain a healthy diet which includes more and more carbs as each phase goes by. Look at all the carbs allowed in the "Maintenance Phase".
But anyway I do digress. There's a reason why pork rinds are not in the category of "best first foods for baby". <grin/duck>
I agree with "i" who states that children should not be taught to depend on the sweet taste. I wish somebody had told me all that when mine were babies. My oldest son is 37 and still a hopeless Sweetaholic.
Has anyone ever tasted breastmilk?
Not me, but I did ask the breastfeeding newsgroup and one person said it tastes like the milk at the bottom of a cereal bowl.
Yuck.
-- ~Carol Ann www.lowcarblosers.com ~ Home of the FREE Monthly Weightloss Challenge
Does anyone know what people fed to their babies at this stage prior to mass-produced "cereals"? What do the Neanderthin followers feed their
children?
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I ask this because don't they follow a more "back to the earth" version of
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carb? I do not currently have any children but there's something that rubs
me
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the wrong way about feeding children cereal if we already know how a high
carb
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diet affects us as adults. I don't know how safe or whatever just mashing
up
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regular foods are for children but I'd be more inclined to feed them REAL foods, i.e. vegetables, meats, and dairy than any Cheerios or graham
crackers.
I would imagine they breastfed for a long time and shared the meat and veggies they had.
I read that you should start with bananas, pears, applesauce or rice cereal. You don't HAVE to feed rice cereal. I think it is just the one food that is known to have fewer allergic reactions in children. If you wanted you could start with the fruit first.
I tried baby rice first, but she didn't seem too fussed for it. Then I gave her pears and apples (separately, not together) and she loves them!
-- Tara Mum to Madison 28 March 2004 - my 29th birthday www.dazzled.com/lowcarb - my lowcarb story http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~tjharris/ - pics of Madison New Zealand
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I read that you should start with bananas, pears, applesauce or rice cereal. You don't HAVE to feed rice cereal. I think it is just the one food that is known to have fewer allergic reactions in children. If you wanted you could start with the fruit first.
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I agree with "i" who states that children should not be taught to depend on the sweet taste. I wish somebody had told me all that when mine were babies. My oldest son is 37 and still a hopeless Sweetaholic.
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> I agree with "i" who states that children should not be > taught to >depend on the sweet taste. I wish somebody had told me all that >when >mine were babies. My oldest son is 37 and still a hopeless >Sweetaholic.
