As we’ve mentioned once or twice, eating
Good Food confers a host of benefits on us
adults, including effortless weight
management, decreasing systemic
inflammation, optimizing hormonal levels,
and reducing the risk for a number of
lifestyle-related diseases and conditions. And
kids are just adults-in-the-making, right? This
same food promotes their healthy immune
function, supports activity and growth, and
contributes a wide variety of micronutrients
that have been shown to decrease risk of (and
improve) conditions such as asthma, allergies,
ADHD, and various autoimmune diseases.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, much
in the way foods like sugar, grains, legumes,
and dairy negatively affect our health, they
also have a negative impact our children’s
health—perhaps even more so, as their
immature immune system and GI tract can be
even more vulnerable than ours. Even in the
youngest of us, typical “kid foods” like milk,