The other day, quite out of the blue, SPH said, “you’re counter-cultural” to me. At first, I didn’t know how to take this comment, but then he continued, “the way you approach food and snacks is so different than our culture.”
Hmm…
I don’t necessarily see my quest to help others eat healthy as counter-cultural, but as I started thinking about our natural foods, very little processed food, almost no meat, but more seafood diet, I couldn’t argue with SPH.
One of the ways SPH sometimes gives me a gentle ribbing is in the way I steer the boys away from typical kid snacks toward more healthy choices. Trust me; my quest is not to create an unhealthy fascination with snack foods, so sometimes I have to coalesce to R and G’s request for foods that I’d rather them not eat. Heck, even Michael Pollan shares a story of buying a typical sugar-y cereal for his child and being cornered by a woman in the grocery store for being a sham. His philosophy is 90-10, for eating, and so I follow this and allow the boys 10% (and sometimes more) of food that wouldn’t fit into my overall food philosophy.
Case in point: with R growing older and participating in more and more organized sports, he thinks nothing is cooler than a typical hydration drink when he is playing soccer or T-ball. I’m all for keeping R hydrated, but just don’t love some of the ingredients in mainstream hydration drinks.
That’s why I was excited to have found KIDStrong, a natural hydration drink that fits my food philosophy and helps my boys stay hydrated during hot summer sports.
As an aside, let me say that I think water is a perfect hydrator, but within the realm of hydration drinks, KIDStrong is head and shoulders above the typical fare. Hydration drinks, well, they are part of our culture and perhaps KIDStrong is one more way I can appease my boys’ requests for “treat” foods without wishing they were drinking something different.
If you visit my blog Sweet Peas and Pumpkins, I am hosting a giveaway of KIDStrong this week. If you win, you too can be counter-cultural too!
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