Summary: Packing a Healthy Lunch Processed foods are full of hidden MSG, unlabeled GE foods, and unhealthy transfats. How can you pack a healthy lunch that avoids these dangers? This program explores processed foods commonly used in childrens lunches and advises healthy alternatives. Mercola.com: What's in That? How Food Affects Your Behavior We looked at this Mercola article on how food affects behavior and determined that glutamates such as MSG will negatively impact school performance. A high carbohydrate meal will produce glutamates in the brain. HolisticMed.com: Hidden Sources of MSG This site lists hidden sources of MSG and how to carefully read labels if you're avoiding MSG. Truth in Labeling.org: MSG Sprayed on crops This article reveals how glutamates are being sprayed on non-organic vegetables. Citizens for Health: Stop Genetically Engineered Sugar Beets Beginning in 2008, GE beet sugar entered the United States food supply. If you eat products containing sugar that are non-organic, you may be ingesting this substance never before consumed in the human diet. Let the major companies know if you do not want them to use this ingredient that is allowed to spray 5000% more of Monsanto's Roundup pesticide than previously warranted. Jonathan Campbell's website 50 Harmful Effects of Genetically Modified Foods by Nathan Batalion True Food Now: Shopping list of food with and without genetically engineered ingredients Wonderful website with easy to read charts listing processed foods that do and do not include genetically engineered ingredients. Neat and color-coded. Tips for providing a healthy lunch (thank you to Lauren Bockish for assistance) Listen to show #5 for complete details - start with small steps: pack a lunch twice a week; choose healthy beverage; reduce packaged food - include protein, vegetable, and fruit with each meal (optional whole grain) - protein: no-nitrate turkey bologna from Trader Joes; chicken or tuna salad; crispy nuts and seeds (homemade or sprouted pumpkin seeds); hard cheeses; organic peanut butter such as Maranatha or Whole kids; whole milk cottage cheese; Stoneyfield Yokids yogurt; cheese sticks; hardcooked eggs - vegetables : organic baby carrots, celery sticks, cherry tomatoes, brocolli - fruit : bananas, organic apples, dried fruit - grains : Ezekial sprouted bread; no-gluten crackers - treats : Raw Revolution snack bars; Raw Crunch bars - filtered water in stainless steel Sigg bottles Parents or older children : - similar guidelines - take leftover dinner items in a thermos and keep wrapped or on a mug warmer if avoiding microwave -leftover cold chicken - salads with protein and home made salad dressing - egg salad - organic beef jerky - Bela Olhoa sardines - organic nuts - organic maca bars - fermented beverages Pack lunch in glass containers or waxed bags to reduce pollution and avoid off gassing. Be sure to write or call us and let us know your ideas for a healthy lunch. Enlita Program updates - We are losing weight and fat while gaining muscle and losing inches in our waistline. We've added a link on our "Go Shopping" page for the Enlita weight loss program and nutritional products so you can see the plan for yourself. Don't forget to bookmark this site and subscribe to get regular updates. We have a contest to guess the date we'll have at least one subscriber in each state.
