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The Importance of Digging Beyond the Headlines
For the Love of Our Kids Step Away from the Pediasure
Is this REALLY the #1 Recommended Pediatrician Brand
I love this line from a Maren Morris song:
“When the bones are good, the rest don’t matter.”
This pretty much sums up how I feel about nutrition. Stress management, sleep, movement and mindfulness are all important parts of a healthy lifestyle, but I believe without whole foods and a nutritious diet we won’t have a strong foundation to build from. And if the foundation is not good, the rest doesn’t matter. This is why it’s so important to start healthy eating habits from an early age.
So when a friend recently asked if I thought PediaSure was a good meal replacement for kids, my immediate reaction was “NOOOOOOOO!” But since I didn’t have any direct experience with PediaSure, I went digging.
Here is what I discovered.
PediaSure’s claim is that it is “clinically proven nutrition to help kids grow and a nutritious supplement for kids falling behind on growth.”
In looking at the packaging the first thing I noticed was the call out:
“#1 Pediatrician recommended brand”
Previous experience with this claim was on Flintstones vitamins which displays a similar claim. Yet when I looked at the list of ingredients in a Flintstones vitamin, I wonder who these pediatricians are that claim a product with a long list of harmful ingredients should be consumed by children. Ingredients that include: aspartame, butylated hydroxytoluene, carrageenan, corn syrup solids, hydrogenated vegetable oils and littered with artificial colours.
This did not leave a good feeling in the pit of my stomach but I vowed to stay open as I continued to learn more.
