My Gym: What Are We Feeding Our Kids?

Burger King, McDonald's, soda, chips, candy and donuts are all things we reward our children with when they do something well. We tell them if they are good at the doctor's office, they can have a cookie, and if they clean their room they can have a bowl of ice cream. Parents are going about this the wrong way. While these items are tasty, they are bad for us if we eat too much of it.

There is a good chance that might contribute to future eating disorders and unhealthy attitudes. It is something that has been going on for generations and it will continue to go on for many more. These are ideas we have fostered for a long time. They are not bad ideas, but they could be curtailed just a bit.

Some research has shown that kids who eat the standard American junk food diet show early stages of arteriosclerosis by the age of three. In laymans terms this is artery damage caused by fatty streaks. It's pretty scary that by the age of three, many Americans already are in the early stages of heart disease.

We are a product of what we eat and our children are the product of what we feed them. We as parents have not been educated enough on what proper foods we need to give our children because if we did know, there is no way we would continue to feed our kids this mess.

The bottom line is when we start giving out "rewards" to our kids when they do something good we should give them an orange, a juice bar, or another healthy snack.