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  • New Research

    There is new peer-reviewed, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled research published in The Lancet that found that a mixture of artificial colors and sodium benzoate caused an increase in hyperactive behavior in the general population of 3 year olds and 8-9 year olds. I hope you won't be so dismissive of people who choose not to use food ...
    Posted to Food by obsond on October 28, 2009

  • My reaction

    I just want to add my own nickel worth, and share something that happened in my own life. I have always been a picky eater. At around ten or so I went thru a period of six months where the only things I would eat were tuna sandwiches and Swanson chicken pies. As I was a constantly underweight child, my family gave in and let me eat what I ...
    Posted to Food by ladytiger01 on November 5, 2007

  • Jessica Seinfeld

    I am sure that Jessica's book was meant to provide her children with nutritious meals ''by any means necessary''. I assume she has tried the usual and is tired of the fighting...on the other hand, if you teach children to try and enjoy vegetables they will indeed love eating them. our children devour their broccoli with olive oil and lemon ...
    Posted to Food by Jane Jennings on October 28, 2007

  • The Deceptive Chefs

    As a mother of 4 kids ages 7 and under, I understand the lack of will of kids to eat veggies. For some amazing reason, my three boys LOVE broccolli (I believe I just happened to proffess how big and strong it made them at just the right time) - and I would tell them AS THEY ARE EATING how I can SEE THEM GROWING. For the times when broccolli has ...
    Posted to Food by MommaHorn on October 28, 2007

  • Regardless of parenting, kids might not take to veggies

    Boy, veggies are really making me mad... Dr. Oz says that there is actually a biological/evolutionary reason that kids don't eat veggies. His comments from the Oprah show: ''He says there's a very good biological reason why it's so hard to get kids to eat their vegetables. In fact, they are hardwired to not like them. Dr. Oz says when our ...
    Posted to Food by scoobette on October 25, 2007