This is just wrong...

[Barb]

OMG I gotta try that!!! MMMMM chocolate and strawberries!!! I love Kashi anyway.

[doc]

Veronica, you are so RIGHT!!!

I work with a lower socio-economic population who really do not have the sophistication necessary to decipher obtuse complicated nutritional information panels. They honestly don't even know what the words mean. I am endlessly trying to give basic healthy nutritional information. But I am undermined every day, a million times over, by very successful marketing. I take care of children whose entire diets are juice and pudding. I swear I'm not making this up. Children whose entire diets were milk, juice, and crackers. That one was severely anemic and fat. At 18 months. (I hope my really long discussion with parents had an effect, but I have my doubts)

Chocolate is not breakfast. Chocolate is not a healthy snack. Chocolate is a treat. I love love love chocolate. But I don't call it food. I eat dark chocolate every day.

Just because poptarts are in the cereal aisle, does not make them food. They are a candy bar with a few injected vitamins. They are disgustingly yummy and I never, ever, eat them because they are a sugar/fat/white flour fest with no redeeming qualities. Plus they are like potato chips to me. Eat one, gotta eat another. But at least I understand the choice I am making. Most people do not.

My personal dream: The supermarket divides the items they sell by whether the item is "food" (my definition, after all, it's my dream) or mostly sugar, mostly fat or essentially white flour. Then there would be umpteen aisles labeled "treat" (or worse) and the produce, dairy, and meat aisles. I'm sure there wouldn't be more than 2 aisles with healthful whole grain items. The remaining 20 aisles can and should be skipped. At least it would be honest. Anyone going down those aisles can buy whatever they like, they should just be honestly told it is unhealthful and to be consumed in modest amounts.

[Haudlady]

My personal dream: The supermarket divides the items they sell by whether the item is "food" (my definition, after all, it's my dream) or mostly sugar, mostly fat or essentially white flour. Then there would be umpteen aisles labeled "treat" (or worse) and the produce, dairy, and meat aisles. I'm sure there wouldn't be more than 2 aisles with healthful whole grain items. The remaining 20 aisles can and should be skipped. At least it would be honest. Anyone going down those aisles can buy whatever they like, they should just be honestly told it is unhealthful and to be consumed in modest amounts.

I like this, Doc. Can I share your dream with you?

[Bikingmomof3]

My personal dream: The supermarket divides the items they sell by whether the item is "food" (my definition, after all, it's my dream) or mostly sugar, mostly fat or essentially white flour. Then there would be umpteen aisles labeled "treat" (or worse) and the produce, dairy, and meat aisles. I'm sure there wouldn't be more than 2 aisles with healthful whole grain items. The remaining 20 aisles can and should be skipped. At least it would be honest. Anyone going down those aisles can buy whatever they like, they should just be honestly told it is unhealthful and to be consumed in modest amounts.

My husband and I were discussing this topic yesterday and had determined there are about 2 aisles of healthy food, the rest is filler. We both share your dream as well.

[doc]

I welcome everyone to share my dream!

[BookGnome]

My husband and I were discussing this topic yesterday and had determined there are about 2 aisles of healthy food, the rest is filler. We both share your dream as well.

Maybe, just maybe, this will catch on....

http://www.hannaford.com/Contents/He...rs/index.shtml

[mimitabby]

Doc, I married into a family where there is "children's food" and adult food.
the kids don't eat fresh fruits, drink tons of juice (not necessarily really fruit juice either) and all kinds of fried batter coated things.
When I am around these people I start getting crazy because they are so confident that this is the way it should be. All the adults are obese now, and it is a matter of time when the kids are too.
When they come to my house all they will eat is dessert. #$%#$%@^@#^!!!!!

[Kano]

Doc, I married into a family where there is "children's food" and adult food.
the kids don't eat fresh fruits, drink tons of juice (not necessarily really fruit juice either) and all kinds of fried batter coated things.
When I am around these people I start getting crazy because they are so confident that this is the way it should be. All the adults are obese now, and it is a matter of time when the kids are too.
When they come to my house all they will eat is dessert. #$%#$%@^@#^!!!!!

Hee hee, Mimi, this makes me think of when Xander comes to visit at my house and starts clamoring for "crap" to eat -- and I remind him that I'm the mean gramma who makes him have something "real" first, then he can have some of the "crap." Funny thing is, he never objects to something like meat/cheese & crackers with fruit instead of candy!

Karen in Boise

[mimitabby]

Xander is lucky to have you for a grandmother. I'm not a grandmother yet... just a crazy aunt.

[Tuckervill]

My personal dream: The supermarket divides the items they sell by whether the item is "food" (my definition, after all, it's my dream) or mostly sugar, mostly fat or essentially white flour. Then there would be umpteen aisles labeled "treat" (or worse) and the produce, dairy, and meat aisles. I'm sure there wouldn't be more than 2 aisles with healthful whole grain items. The remaining 20 aisles can and should be skipped. At least it would be honest. Anyone going down those aisles can buy whatever they like, they should just be honestly told it is unhealthful and to be consumed in modest amounts.

They already do that--everything on the walls is real food, and everything down the middle is not. Produce, meat, dairy and bread...all on the walls. Frozen, boxed, canned, sugary, in all the aisles.

I work hard never to go in any of the aisles. Sometimes I have to, of course. Who can live without tea, beans and rice? But I only do that about once a month. Weekly trips are once around the walls for fresh food only.

Karen