In this article, out yesterday, it is claimed that jam can help to curb the process of cancer.
Apparantly, the pectin found in jam causes the cancer cells to ‘commit suicide’ (apoptosis), thus reducing tumours, up to 40% in some instances.
However, the sugar content is still a cause for concern and it is recommended to stick to the daily allowance of a few dollops a day.
So unless you take the pectin supplement available at health stores, I’m not sure what use it is.
I had a little chuckle to myself when I read this report today, about the exercise levels of the average child.
The study details that parents had to complete a questionnaire, outlining how ‘vigorously active’ they thought their child was on a daily basis.
Turns out that the parents are grossly overestimating this activity…Mum and Dad reckon at least 146 minutes per day….it turns out to be more like 24 minutes on average. A huge discrepancy!
I know when I think of my two children: in, out, up, down, running around, screaming, shouting, jumping, skipping, swimming, cycling….it certainly appears as if they are full of energy and on the go….constantly. I often wonder to myself, how do they keep it up?
Looks as if I would have flunked the test too!
I read this article some time ago and promptly left it in my Favourites. I re-read it again today and decided I needed to put it into Blog de la Bouffe.
It’s reassuring to know that I am not the only parent battling with a beautiful and ever changing/growing/maturing daughter. It is easy to become defeatist about the whole thing; Are we just fighting a losing battle? But the few pointers at the end, I thought, were really practical and simple.
So, now we only refer to our bodies in a positive way. (It is hard to do and many a-time I have had to ’shush’ well meaning auntys and uncles!) We talk not about ‘fat’ and ‘thin’ people but whether they look healthy or not. We have long and meaningful conversations about nutrition. We have incorporated more physical activity into our lives.
So, watch this wasteline!
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I kinda got on a roll with the last post!
I really wanted to put a link into this article but forgot.
It is really well written, a bit scary but well worth reading. It has some good tips on how to deal with the whole issue of healthy eating for children of all ages.
The following struck a chord with me, I must admit…
According to Bloomfield, your own dieting habits can also give your children negative food messages. “If, for instance, a girl grows up with a mother who is always dieting, or not eating, or saying how fat she feels, she is likely to see this as something that ‘women do’ - and to develop the same complex and dysfunctional relationship with her food and body.”
So there ya go! I do need to get a grip…I knew it!
Weight/fat/diets/body image/slimming etc….‘it’… has been part of my life for as long as I can remember.
Now I have a daughter of my own, I am really conscious and super-aware of just how often the whole issue is discussed in our family. It’s usually one of the first things we say on greeting each other…(we may not have seen each other for months!). Conversation always comes round to it in the end. We have either, ‘put on a few pounds…you want to take care’ or ’you’re looking a bit skinny…don’t overdo it’!
We have been having these same conversations for years and years. ‘I really am gonna lose weight’, ‘I really must get fit’, ‘I’ve started on the xyz diet’ etc, etc. In fact, I can’t imagine what a non-weight orientated family talk about.
It has affected over the years, my confidence, my self-esteem, my choices, my moods. At times I have wanted to be invisible, to hide away from society, as if I am less worthy than a ‘normal’ person.
Ridiculous! Now I am older and hopefully wiser, I can see a lot of it for what it is. Why did I not believe it when I was told you are beautiful as you are? Why did I not think life could be wonderful, even if I wasn’t a stick thin model? Why did I buy into the family ‘curse’ and refuse to get sucked in?
So now, I have decided not to buy into it any more…if only for the sake of my children. Already my 8 year old daughter thinks she is fat. It broke my heart to hear it…..she is the most beautiful, vibrant,healthy, awe-inspiring child you could hope to meet. Yet, she already thinks she is fat!
So, this is a plea for help!
How do I go about completely changing my perception of body image? How do I buck the family trend? How do I go about filling my beautiful daughter with the things she should be hearing? How do I boost her self-esteem and confidence, coming from where I do? (Not exactly the best role model!)
Any answers gratefully received!
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