April 21, 2011
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Stonyfield YoKids Organic Lowfat Yogurt. This product is made with less sugar than a lot of other yogurts and is great for kids because it provides probiotics, which increase the beneficial bacteria in the intestinal track to aid digestion.
Organic Valley milk. Most kids guzzle milk the way SUVs guzzle gas. I think one of the least intimidating and easier things moms can do is start buying milk without growth hormones. These dangerous genetically engineered proteins and synthetic hormones were introduced into U.S. dairy in 1994, but never allowed in Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, New Zealand or Japan.
Annie’s Organic Bunny Fruit Snacks. These fruit snacks supply 100 percent of the daily recommended value of vitamin C and are also made without artificial colors. There has been a lot of research linking artificial colors and dyes to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Honest Kids juice pouches. A lot of juice products on the market are made with synthetic ingredients. Honest Kids juices are available in pouches—making them great for the lunch box—but are organic and low in sugar.
Amy’s Kitchen Frozen Cheese Pizza. Kids love Amy’s frozen pizzas because they taste great; moms love them because they’re made without genetically modified organisms. Any mom who has a kid with a food allergy can go a long way by reducing [his or her] exposure to GMOs, which may exacerbate allergies.
Amy’s Kitchen Frozen Cheese Pizza. Kids love Amy’s frozen pizzas because they taste great; moms love them because they’re made without genetically modified organisms. Any mom who has a kid with a food allergy can go a long way by reducing [his or her] exposure to GMOs, which may exacerbate allergies.
“Learning that what you’re feeding your children may be harming them can cause heartache and grief,” says Robyn O’Brien, author of The Unhealthy Truth (Random House, 2009) and founder of allergykidsfoundation.org, a website dedicated to helping consumers understand how diet can play an important role in the management of allergies, asthma and attention deficit disorder. “Sometimes it’s easier to shoot the messenger rather than hear the message.” To keep mothers from spinning on their heels for the exit sign, it’s important that retailers help them focus on progress, not perfection. “Stress the 80/20 rule,” O’Brien says. “Eighty percent of the time you do the best you can; the other 20 percent, have the grace and flexibility to realize we live in a real world.”
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