FAMILY NUTRITION

Recently, I asked Mark what would be his ideal diet for our family. While he has been in school, he has learned a lot about holistic health, about disease prevention, and about striving for optimal health. He has had many new opinions about what we eat. Now that he is nearly done with school, I wanted to know how he would like to see us eat. Here's what he said:

No whites (flour or sugar)
No dairy
More nuts and fish
Organic meats and eggs
Mostly veggies and fruits
Whole grains
No processed foods (which means more local)

Now, this is a diet that Mark and I could just convert to pretty easily if it was just about us. However, when the kids are involved, it gets trickier. We don't eat terribly. For example, we never eat fast food, rarely eat processed foods, and are already eating less dairy. But, the kids eat a lot of white noodles, and almost always with cheese. So, my proposal is that we start with one day a week. We can eat like this as a family at least one day a week, so if we start there, we can always add more days along the way.

I have had several people ask me recently what supplements we give our kids. So, this seems an appropriate post to report that as well. On a daily basis (well, when I remember, that is), we give them vitamin D, vitamin C, and fish oil. I am also going to start giving them probiotics daily. Also, when we see signs of mucous from a cold, etc, we try to stop all dairy, since dairy is known to make this worse.