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Have you been raising your kids on chicken nuggets and mac n cheese? I mean, kids love these foods, right? My daughter did. Up until our frightening episode she had those foods probably a couple times a week. Fortunately, the rest of the week she ate home-cooked foods, so she was accustomed to eating real food.

But what happens when these are the only foods the kids know? Jamie Oliver found out just how difficult this battle really is in the U.S.

Goes to show you, kids will eat things even if they think they’re gross. What about you?

Might you want to login and find some real food where you know exactly what it is?

In honor of the month of love – Love yourself. Love your kids. Eat real food.

The American Academy of Family Physicians has agreed to partner with Coke on a campaign about the dangers of soda consumption.

Huh?

“Coca-Cola, like other sodas, causes enormous suffering and premature death by increasing the risks of obesity, diabetes, heart attacks, gout, and cavities,” said Walter Willett of Harvard University. “[The academy] should be a loud critic of these products and practices, but by signing with Coke their voice has almost surely been muzzled.”

Are they really going to come out with all guns blazing and tell the truth about the dangers of soda consumption, or will it be a soft message like ‘you know, soda isn’t that bad if you don’t overdo it…’

That my friends, is exactly why I do not sell out to advertisers at Rebel With a Fork.

Now to be fair, for any business to keep it’s door open – there has to be money to pay the bills. But don’t you think that if you have spnsors, they should deliver the same message that you are? Are there any ethics left in business?  Am I just a dinosaur? Do you have to sell out to stay alive?

The real truth is that its up to you. You vote with every dollar you spend.

When you started reading labels and avoiding corn syrup, the market responded and started pulling corn syrup out of their products like mad men.

You started avoiding high sodium foods, and the market is responding by cutting sodium. Not enough, but its a start.

People are waking up to the dangers of GMOs. This one needs some fast action before all of the crops are contaminated and owned by Monsanto. We won’t be able to undo this one easily…

But the point is -

When it comes to the safety of the food you eat, you cannot trust a commercial entity. They are going to do whatever they can to increase profits. That’s what they are in business to do – make profits. As long as you keep buying it, they’ll keep doing it.

The only way to be sure of what’s in your food is to make it yourself. I know that sounds like a horrible death sentence, but it’s really not that hard – and it tastes so much better!

And by default, you’ll lose weight, look better, and feel great.

OK, enough preaching, right?

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If you haven’t tried some new recipes this week, isn’t this a good time to start? You’re gonna want to look and feel great for summer, and have tons of energy to get out and do the things you love to do, right?

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• Family doctors group loses members over Coke deal (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
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