Hi and welcome to episode 14 of the Wellness Mama Podcast where I provide simple answers

for healthier families.

I'm Katie from WellnessMama.com and today's podcast is going to be a single episode in more

of a rant based on some circumstances that happened recently.

I decided once just to keep count of how many times in a given week my children were offered

refined sugar by someone, whether it be, you know, people they know or at events or

wherever it was.

And we actually try to, you know, go to places where we eat healthy most of the time and

most of our friends are on board with health.

And even with that being the case, I counted 21 times that my children were offered sugar

in some form in the course of a week.

Some of those were at the gym after they were being either working out or being in child

care, they'd be offered a lollipop or when we went to the bank, the teller would offer

them a lollipop or everywhere we go, if it's a birthday party, it's cake, it's ice cream,

it's candy, it's just everything.

One thing after another and that's a really big issue for me.

And I think one that I would really like a lot of people to get on board with for several

reasons.

We always hear all things in moderation, a little bit won't hurt.

There's just kids, the brain needs glucose and all of these are justifications for consuming

sugar in some amount.

But the really question, the question we should be asking is should sugar ever be consumed

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