http://jcarrot.org/passion-or-poison Jews, Food, and Contemporary Issues Mon, 21 May 2012 04:07:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://jcarrot.org/passion-or-poison/comment-page-1#comment-14070 Anthony Silverbrow Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:24:43 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/?p=3730#comment-14070 I appreciate this isn't directly what the article is dealing with, but it's worth noting the amount of rubbish in a lot of kosher food. E numbers, preservatives, HFCS and the lists go on. We don't have much to crow about. I appreciate this isn’t directly what the article is dealing with, but it’s worth noting the amount of rubbish in a lot of kosher food. E numbers, preservatives, HFCS and the lists go on. We don’t have much to crow about.

]]> http://jcarrot.org/passion-or-poison/comment-page-1#comment-14047 Liz Lawler Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:10:27 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/?p=3730#comment-14047 The article is kind of sensationalist and wacky. But a good read, I mean, come on: this poor little kid worried about sodium! I guess with my own kid I've adopted the policy of just trying to offer the best possible choices in our home, while allowing for a little extravagence when we're out. If grandma wants to feed him cake, fine. I think it's really a lead by example situation. The shriller you get, the more they'll push back. But then, my kid's only ten months old, so I may change my tune when he starts talking! The article is kind of sensationalist and wacky. But a good read, I mean, come on: this poor little kid worried about sodium! I guess with my own kid I’ve adopted the policy of just trying to offer the best possible choices in our home, while allowing for a little extravagence when we’re out. If grandma wants to feed him cake, fine.
I think it’s really a lead by example situation. The shriller you get, the more they’ll push back. But then, my kid’s only ten months old, so I may change my tune when he starts talking!

]]> http://jcarrot.org/passion-or-poison/comment-page-1#comment-14045 Susan Bodnar Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:39:43 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/?p=3730#comment-14045 Thanks, Arlyn. I also found this article biased and the psychologists a bit off in focusing on organic food's role in eating and obsessional disorders. As a psychologist, my perspective is that eating disorders come about as a result of many factors, some of them being socio-cultural. Those parents who use healthy eating as a control mechanism may be misguided but their fears are genuine. Parents who try to stave off the onslaught of culturally induced and socially approved bad eating need support to figure out the right balance, not ridicule and criticism. What are parents supposed to do? Too much passivity in this context doesn’t support kids who need very strong eating muscles to fight off this culture’s downright food bullying. Too much intervention invites psychologists to pathologize parental behavior. Is it possible that my own profession is finding it easier to blame parents who are trying to protect their kids from a valid medical danger rather than to point fingers at the food industry? Thanks, Arlyn. I also found this article biased and the psychologists a bit off in focusing on organic food’s role in eating and obsessional disorders. As a psychologist, my perspective is that eating disorders come about as a result of many factors, some of them being socio-cultural. Those parents who use healthy eating as a control mechanism may be misguided but their fears are genuine. Parents who try to stave off the onslaught of culturally induced and socially approved bad eating need support to figure out the right balance, not ridicule and criticism.
What are parents supposed to do? Too much passivity in this context doesn’t support kids who need very strong eating muscles to fight off this culture’s downright food bullying. Too much intervention invites psychologists to pathologize parental behavior. Is it possible that my own profession is finding it easier to blame parents who are trying to protect their kids from a valid medical danger rather than to point fingers at the food industry?

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