Floridaman999
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- Dec 29, 2017
Just make sure there aren't any leftovers. You will be graded accordingly.
I think it can also depend on health risks.Our oldest kids' pediatricians never even requested it. Our youngest's pediatrician offered it as an option a few years ago but there was no driving concern so we passed. You fight your battles your way. I'll do the same.
4 months!?I mean, if the kid doesn't like bacon doesn't really seem like an issue. Also, more for you
I got food poisoning from room service at the Swolphin in August - bad, paramedics checking on me after I probably should have gone to the ER, bad. It was from bacon. I couldn't eat it for like 4 months. I wondered if I could sue them for emotional suffering due to lack of being able to eat bacon.
I would only get worried if they didn't like any vegetables as you need then to be healthy.
Just curious, how do you know it was from the bacon?I mean, if the kid doesn't like bacon doesn't really seem like an issue. Also, more for you
I got food poisoning from room service at the Swolphin in August - bad, paramedics checking on me after I probably should have gone to the ER, bad. It was from bacon. I couldn't eat it for like 4 months. I wondered if I could sue them for emotional suffering due to lack of being able to eat bacon.
For years my sister would have bad stomach issues after eating high dairy/cheese content foods. Pizza was a big trigger for her. Found out she had a mild form of lactose intolerance.One of my kids didn't like bacon when he was younger but now he's 18 and likes it.
There were alot of things my kids did and didn't like when they younger but have since changed as they have gotten older.
I think context is everything.
If greasy food is making him sick to his stomach, there may be a medical reason for that.(I'm not saying there actually IS, I'm just saying for some people there IS.
Your sister may have been expressing concern for that instead of expressing it because "he's not normal" if he doesn't like bacon or greasy food.
My [ETA vegetarian] niece's cholesterol was high when she was younger and they realized she was eating a lot of cheese.
At any rate, there is a lot of information on this subject from a medical perspective, and the evidence-based premise is that high cholesterol levels in childhood lead to high cholesterol levels in adulthood that ultimately increase the risk for cardiovascular disease.
This is from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
It is a lot to digest (pardon the pun!) but the subject is complex, and this is comprehensive.
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/101/1/141
Just seeing those dietary recommendations...
A lot of fake, low fat, no fat, processed substitutions.
Are you serious?
No thanks.
It is being more well known that most high cholesterol is HEREDITARY, due to the way one's body/liver/etc. functions. Not dietary.
(Unless you live on pizza, KFC, Burger King, etc...)
I knew your credentials which is why I felt comfortable posting such a comprehensive article in response to your post. (I'm sure most others got through a few paragraphs and said forget it, lol.) I am a cardiac nurse and have been at it long enough to see trends that have evolved. I was surprised at what your cardiologist friend said, but it may have been the way your sentence was worded - in as, what wasn't warranted, dietary changes for high cholesterol, or medication? I'm thinking you probably meant medication, since most everyone would agree on dietary changes for elevated numbers; that's what current medical recommendations are pretty globally. I can understand the hesitation about starting a child on medication for cholesterol. But I also deal with adult disease and oftentimes people didn't take their elevated cholesterol levels seriously, or didn't really understand how heart disease develops. It's just something to think about, especially when the family history is positive.You are correct; there is a lot of information on the subject. I have a Ph.D. in chemistry, so as a concerned mom (and professional scientist) I have done a significant amount of reading in the peer-reviewed literature on the subject. The current connection of cholesterol levels and cardiovascular disease is tenuous, at best. I do agree that high cholesterol levels in childhood lead to high cholesterol in adulthood, though - I've not seen any evidence to refute that fact.
And for the record, my son doesn't eat dairy either. He's essentially a vegan (his choice, not mine). However the correlation between dietary cholesterol and blood cholesterol is also becoming more questioned in the literature as well.
My issue is it's like my body or mind who knows became conditioned to not want at all a chimichanga ever since then. I'm ok with that but boy I don't know if I would have the same viewpoint on bacon lol. IDK it's not exactly something I'm consciously doing either. Just the thought of a chimichanga instantly reminds me of the pain and awfulness of it all--maybe that's why I can't touch it since@Mackenzie Click-Mickelson - 4 months without bacon seemed long enough. I should have gone to the ER during the worst of it, an ER visit might have saved the trip, but it was just a plague for the grown ups. The kids loved it, but not as much as the trip we took afterwards to make up for it
No you don't. My almost 13 year old son has NEVER eaten a vegetable in his life. Never. Unless you count ketchup. He is autistic and just won't do it. He eats a TON of different fruits, though. His doctors have always said as long as he eats lots of different colored fruits, he is getting all the antioxidants he needs. He will eat almost any fruit, except citrus fruits, because of the stringiness/pulp but he will drink citrus juices. He is a super healthy kid, at a healthy weight, and has no nutritional deficiencies.
Ironically, my other son (also autistic) ONLY likes vegetables and the only fruits he will eat are apples, grapes, and strawberries. This kid's favorite food as a 2 year old was salad with lots of raw onions. He's a weird-o.
At the end of the day I don't think there is any one diet to rule them all but the best advice I've ever heard regarding how a human should eat food is from Michael Pollan: "Eat real food, not too much, mostly plants."
4 months!?
I got food poisoning from frozen chimichangas in December 2009. I have yet to eat another one. Mine did result in a 3 hour stay in the ER getting fluids, potassium pills and anti-nausea medication. I went to the ER when my fever got high enough to go (we had called a nurses hotline and she advised not to go to the ER until the fever was like 102.5 or something like that).