Brain Food links you to an article in the Deseret News.
Growing up in a family of 8 we ate pretty healthy, most everything was made from scratch and Mom made sure we had vegetables. We even had cooked cereal every morning and as a special treat a box of Cornflakes on Sunday. I have tried to feed my family healthy foods and it has been much easier with Scott's diet. I shop at Trader Joes often for items I do not make from scratch. By shopping there I can avoid Hydrogenated Oils and High Fructose Corn Syrup. You would be amazed how many good things that we eat that have High Fructose Corn Syrup-- yogurt, cereal, even bread.
My kids often get an egg or two for breakfast and Chance usually has yogurt at lunch that he adds a heaping tablespoon of ground flax seed (good source of Omega 3), he loves it. I call the protein and omega 3-- "brain food". "You need to eat your egg so you can think today - your brain needs the food" can be heard at my home.
So I wonder if my enforcing healthy food on my kids made a difference. Jordan was in a situation a while ago where he was not with Mom or Dad and did not have control of what was available to eat. He came home and said how sick he felt. So how does a healthy diet affect Chance? Since we do not have sugared cereals on a regular basis in our home, it is a very special treat- more like dessert. On birthdays they get to pick out the cereal they want and then I supplement it with an egg to help balance the sugar rush. On Scott's birthday we got him Captain Crunch. Chance ate a couple of bowls for breakfast and went to school. I work at the school and in the classroom. His behavior was very different, even his teacher commented on his behavior that day. Was it the high sugar cereal? hummm...
We can all use some improvement in our diets... especially when our kids are learning their eating habits from us- the good and bad. One thing I have been wanting to implement is cooked whole grain cereals a couple of times a week for breakfast. I do it occasionally, but I want my family to know it is the norm and that is what we do in our family So find something you want to change-- and work on it for the next month.
-Adelle Davis
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