Changing Your Diet Series: Read the Labels!

This is actually one of the scariest things to do.  When you start to read the labels and actually realize what you've been eating...it will keep you up at night.   

Here’s an exercise:  when your child wants a snack at the grocery store, tell them they can have it if everything in it is natural.  My son tried this with a Twinkie…and was shocked that it contained Red #40.  (Not to mention the HFCS.)

“But Mom – it’s not red!  And why would they make it if it wasn't good for you?”  There’s a lesson in there.  This conversation led to a discussion of marketing, and economics, and...well, suffice to say it was over his head when it happened but he understands it now (after hearing it fifty times!!)