Curious--now the neighbor kids have had this
test and are on a restricted diet:
usbiotek.com
Each kid has a list of stuff they are not
supposed to eat. Wheat, dairy, eggs, beef
for one, and wheat, dairy, eggs, beef, soy,
peanuts for the other.
Basically, the things that my kids eat
as staples, I have to be sure not to feed
the neighbor kids. And of course these are
foods that they've been eating for the last
five or seven years, with no obvious ill
effects.
It isn't too big a deal simply not to feed
the neighbor kids, they can walk home for
lunch and snacks. Still, it appears to me to
have a pretty high quackery quotient--thoughts
from the peanut gallery?
IMHO, kids should eat good food, and unless
they are having GI problems with certain
foods (our youngest seemed to be lactose
intolerant, might have grown out of it now)
you might as well try and give them all the
stuff that you see on the food pyramids,
right? You know, the stuff they sell in
grocery stores, like bread, veggies, milk
and eggs? Crazy, I know.
It has to be a little tricky to be sure that
kids get a nutritious diet when so many
staples are off the menu.
For myself, I've wondered from time to time
if I changed my diet if I would magically feel
a lot better. However, there seem to be a lot
of easier fixes for various health problems
than thinking too much about what you eat.
For instance, when I get snotty, I take an
antihistamine. If I feel sluggish, I go for
a walk. Much easier. I like to have my cake...
and eat it too. |
