Articles tagged with: sugar
Is your child hooked on sugary drinks and you can’t get him off? Do you worry that you’ve been too slack and now your child is a sugar junky?
Not so fast. “Some people have a harmless sweet tooth. That’s not to be confused with addictive behavior,” says ZisBoomBah psychologist Beth Lonergan, PsyD. “Some kids get into the habit of consuming sugar because they have that baseline, that…
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(Read part 2: What Parents Can Do to Limit High-Fructose Corn Syrup)
High-fructose corn syrup: you know it’s not exactly the best thing for your kids, but it’s just a little sugar, right? Well, not all sugars are created equal. According to new research from Princeton, high-fructose corn syrup is not just another sugar;
If made naturally with peanuts, salt and nothing else other than maybe natural additives for flavor then peanut butter is a great source of monounsaturated fat and protein. It boasts various vitamins and minerals and contains the antioxidant resveratol (that’s the one also found in red grapes, known for reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease and improving the flow of blood to the brain… you know, the one why we…
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This is the fifth article in our 10-part series that drills down on each individual point in 10 Ways to Make Your Kid Fat. Stay tuned for the rest.
There are only two kinds of food: whole foods and processed foods. What are processed foods? Processed foods (soft drinks, cheese crackers, cookies, chips, instant meals, etc.) are commonly canned, frozen, dehydrated or hydrogenated for “safety”, a longer shelf life…
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- Don’t feed your kids breakfast. It’s hard enough to get them out the door in the morning anyway. Geez, moms need a break too. Just make sure you put a candy bar in their pocket, in case their blood sugar drops a little later on.
- Pay no attention to portion sizes. In fact, adult portions are completely appropriate. Don’t worry about a child’s stomach only being the size
As a parent, you know right away, when your child has had a bad day at school. All it takes is one good look at her face, and you just know something is off – may it be an unkind remark from a classmate, a question from the teacher that made her nervous in front of the class or a lost sports game. It’s tough for you to drop everything…
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It’s hard to think of the holidays as a time to teach your kids to eat right, but that depends entirely on what your definition of eating right is.
If you’re a normal parent, the kind whose goal is to keep a lid on the sweets and treats, the kind who makes it her mission to sneak as much healthy stuff as possible into her kids before they…
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I love writing for Zisboombah because I am not a particularly healthy eater.
I really, really want to be, but I’m just not (think my cupcake for dinner obsession proves that).
But, when I come over here and see the happy cooking ants, it reminds me why I want and need to be more healthy, and why I need to do a better job of teaching The Dudes to do…
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Nope, this is not at all about checking whether the people behind ZisBoomBah are practicing what they preach. Because we don’t preach anyway, right? And we have been telling you all along that it is okay to let kids enjoy their Halloween sweets – and for you to hand them out without guilt.
We just thought it would be fun to share with you what members of the ZisBoomBah team…
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We know those mean little sugar bugs cause cavities. Why? Because we say so. Every night. It pretty successfully scares the kids into brushing their teeth, right? Now researchers found out that it isn’t so much how much sugar your kids eat as it is how you’re feeding them the sugar. When your child eats something sweet, it takes the bacteria in his mouth about 20 seconds to convert the…
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