Steps for having sugar-free kids

June 10th, 2008 | Category: Health Watch, Florida Blog

Cakes, cookies, ice cream, and popsicles. These sugary treats seem to be ingrained in every child’s diet, particularly the cold treats during the summer.

We all know that refined sugar is naughty for us, so what is a mom to do? Is it really possible to keep refined sugar out of your child’s diet?

This spread from Mothering Magazine is written by a mom, Sarah Kamrath, whose five-year-old son has never had refined sugar. Never. I

cannot tell you the respect I have for that mom, considering ‘never’ is not easy. I can pretty safely say we don’t have refined sugar in our house, but we do occasionally let our son eat refined sugar external of our home. Birthday cake, the lollipop from the barber shop, and ice cream at a party have all been eaten by our near-sugarless son.

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Original post by Debra McDuffee

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