A Day in the Life of a Classical Unschooler

I have been reading a lot about the 'Feingold Diet'. It is an interesting diet that eliminates food coloring, many preservatives and for many who join: corn syrup! There are also certain fruits/veggies that can be a factor in allergies as well.

Although it is an interesting diet, and eliminating all would be great, we have chosen to begin with food coloring/preservatives (bad ones) and corn syrup. I am also 'choosing' foods that have a no-gluten 'sign' on them...but am 'not' making my own bread!! LOL..;) I figure a few steps at a time..not to get overwhelmed..and see if we can make it that far!

Did you know that corn syrup, when consumes, goes straight to fat??? I guess corn is a starch, and it's a sugar from corn..go figure;) But Canada uses sugar in their Cokes/Pepsi's.. (and all their foods)..whereas Europe uses sugar and beet sugar. Why is our country not making that change? Sugar is converted to energy when consumed, giving us a 'chance' to work it off. It's no wonder Americans are overweight, unlike other countries that use sugar. Corn is also a food that has more allergies. Sure, 100 years ago people had a few ears of corn now and then for dinner. No big deal!! But now corn is in 'everything', from your food, chocolate milk and even your cereal and snacks-for a person that is sensitive, that is an overload!! No wonder ADD has hit a high (in America;).

The results have been little, but it will take about 6 weeks to get it out of their system. It didn't help that the icecream man came around yesterday and I (without thinking) said, 'Sure, you can have one!!' :) I realized what I was doing when I was buying it, but I had already said yes :(
Think mommy, think!!!!

Today we are making a chocolate cake, from scratch, free of preservatives, artificial vanilla and food coloring :) I have added a new link: My favorite Recipes, so we can store them and keep track of the ones we like. The kids love to cook, so they're all for this!! Especially when I explained how the food works. 6 weeks..and then we'll slowly add it to their diet, and see what works..and what doesn't;)

Happy Unschooling!!
:)