Perspectives on feeding: Getting real about sugar
My New Life
Kate Garlinge
4.7 • 654 Ratings
🗓️ 16 June 2021
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Maple syrup, beet sugar, molasses, honey… there are so many alternatives to refined sugar. But despite a parent’s best efforts, it’s hard to avoid the processed stuff all together. And is that really the best approach anyhow? How much sugar restriction is too much? Can it backfire? Jessica Rolph welcomes Registered Dietitian Jennifer Anderson to the show. She is the mom behind Kids Eat In Color. Her specialty is forming healthy eating habits in the home.
Key Takeaways:
[1:54] The government released the first-ever dietary guidelines for infants and toddlers recommending no added sugar for children under age 2. Does this mean you should be making your kid’s first birthday cake with beet sugar?
[4:36] Jennifer gives suggestions to parents who have mostly avoided sugar for their baby, and want to introduce sugar after two.
[6:38] Jennifer talks about how overly restricting sugar for children can backfire.
[8:54] Consider this alternative to: No dessert until you finish your veggies!
[13:22] How do we encourage our kids to love veggies?
[15:22] Jennifer and Jessica discuss intuitive eating.
[18:27] Jennifer reviews the top questions she hears from parents who struggle to feed their toddlers.
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| 0:00.0 | Parenthood is a time of so much change for you and your baby. |
| 0:13.8 | A little reliable information can go a long way towards making this new life a good life. |
| 0:20.0 | I'm Jessica Rolfe and this is my new life, |
| 0:24.1 | a love every podcast. While the science aligns on what's healthy for a baby's brain development, |
| 0:30.1 | when it comes to how to care for our babies, there's a seemingly endless supply of competing |
| 0:34.9 | perspectives. Parents are swimming in advice on sleep, feeding, |
| 0:39.8 | parenting philosophies. In this season of the podcast, we aim to provide a variety of curated |
| 0:46.1 | perspectives so you can make informed choices for your family. |
| 0:53.9 | Carrot sticks or chocolate. The healthy choice doesn't feel for your family. |
| 0:56.4 | Carrot sticks or chocolate? |
| 1:01.1 | The healthy choice doesn't feel any easier now than it did when I was a kid. |
| 1:04.3 | There's a reason sugar has such a powerful appeal. |
| 1:08.7 | And yet, I know I should limit it, particularly when it comes to my kids. |
| 1:12.6 | I want them one day to make healthy choices for themselves and have a positive relationship with sugar as something delicious, not laden with guilt, |
| 1:17.8 | but also something to consume in moderation. Registered dietitian Jennifer Anderson is here |
| 1:23.7 | to help show us the way. She is the mom behind kids eat in color. Her specialty is forming |
| 1:30.5 | healthy eating habits in the home. Late last year, the government released the first ever |
| 1:35.8 | dietary guidelines for infants and toddlers. They recommend no added sugar for children under the |
| 1:41.5 | age of two. So I asked Jennifer, does this mean I should be making my |
| 1:45.6 | kid's first birthday cake with beet sugar? For generations, at least in the United States, |
| 1:51.5 | babies have been eating a smash cake on their first birthday. Do I even sort of care what you |
| 1:57.8 | choose to do on your baby's first birthday? I don't. I really don't think the first |
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