Comments on: Welcome to Scrooge it! http://thewellnessbitch.com/2010/07/29/welcome-to-scrooge-it/ It's Time to Wake Up! Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:46:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: thenontoxicmom http://thewellnessbitch.com/2010/07/29/welcome-to-scrooge-it/#comment-257 thenontoxicmom Mon, 02 Aug 2010 01:27:52 +0000 http://thewellnessbitch.com/?p=831#comment-257 I sure am with you! In fact, we had the exact same incident at my daughter's camp a few weeks ago. The director is aware of my "insanity" and notified me ahead of time that the kids would be putting fruit loops on licorice string for their cooking project. There were so many things wrong with this, one being the fact that this hardly seems like cooking. I offered to send in the Whole Foods Rainbow Rings as a less toxic replacement for Fruit Loops. Then I sweetly offered to research cooking projects that don't involve candy and sugar cereal, and volunteered to buy all the non-toxic ingredients and come to camp and help with the project. I don't know why they had a change of heart, but they decided not to do the activity....so I'm the ultimate party pooper! Luckily the 3 year olds don't know the difference.... I sure am with you! In fact, we had the exact same incident at my daughter’s camp a few weeks ago. The director is aware of my “insanity” and notified me ahead of time that the kids would be putting fruit loops on licorice string for their cooking project. There were so many things wrong with this, one being the fact that this hardly seems like cooking. I offered to send in the Whole Foods Rainbow Rings as a less toxic replacement for Fruit Loops. Then I sweetly offered to research cooking projects that don’t involve candy and sugar cereal, and volunteered to buy all the non-toxic ingredients and come to camp and help with the project. I don’t know why they had a change of heart, but they decided not to do the activity….so I’m the ultimate party pooper! Luckily the 3 year olds don’t know the difference….

]]> By: cat delett http://thewellnessbitch.com/2010/07/29/welcome-to-scrooge-it/#comment-256 cat delett Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:14:25 +0000 http://thewellnessbitch.com/?p=831#comment-256 I very strongly believe that parents should be the one giving kids treats, not schools. The problem is food companies are continually blurring the lines between treats and food while also doing deals with schools to carry these mutant treat-foods -- flavored milks, sodas, Snapple, breakfast cookies, super-sugary cereals, cereal bars, fruit snacks.... So now many people have trouble seeing the difference between a snacks, treats, and meal food. Many people surely believe that Froot Loops are a healthy breakfast food -- they are fortified with vitamins, they have added fiber, and they are a part of this nutritious breakfast (cue shot of toast, juice, and, milk -- which is a more nutritious breakfast w/o the Froot Loops). I very strongly believe that parents should be the one giving kids treats, not schools. The problem is food companies are continually blurring the lines between treats and food while also doing deals with schools to carry these mutant treat-foods — flavored milks, sodas, Snapple, breakfast cookies, super-sugary cereals, cereal bars, fruit snacks….

So now many people have trouble seeing the difference between a snacks, treats, and meal food. Many people surely believe that Froot Loops are a healthy breakfast food — they are fortified with vitamins, they have added fiber, and they are a part of this nutritious breakfast (cue shot of toast, juice, and, milk — which is a more nutritious breakfast w/o the Froot Loops).

]]> By: thewellnessbitch http://thewellnessbitch.com/2010/07/29/welcome-to-scrooge-it/#comment-255 thewellnessbitch Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:54:20 +0000 http://thewellnessbitch.com/?p=831#comment-255 True, and you know what, I didn't even take the time to smell it. http://www.fooducate.com/blog/2010/07/16/stinky-chemical-in-kelloggs-cereal-identified/ True, and you know what, I didn’t even take the time to smell it. http://www.fooducate.com/blog/2010/07/16/stinky-chemical-in-kelloggs-cereal-identified/

]]> By: Alexander J. Rinehart, MS, DC http://thewellnessbitch.com/2010/07/29/welcome-to-scrooge-it/#comment-254 Alexander J. Rinehart, MS, DC Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:03:52 +0000 http://thewellnessbitch.com/?p=831#comment-254 Well the good news is that the Fruit Loops will not likely decompose any time soon Well the good news is that the Fruit Loops will not likely decompose any time soon

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