Oprah's two guests were Jessica Seinfeld (new book: Deceptively Delicious) and Dr. Oz.
The topic was feeding children healthy low fat and tasty food.
Jessica was frustrated with her children's fussy eating habits like so many other parents.
She spends an hour a week making vegetable purees then adding them sneakily into potatoes, brownies, cookies, cakes, donuts, chicken nuggets, and macaroni and cheese to name a few. She stashes her purees in containers in the frig and says they are interchangeable with foods.
These recipes were put to the test by a class of 1st and 2nd graders.
They thought the food was great and could not believe vegetables were contained in what they ate since they hated spinach, broccoli, and cauliflower.
She mentioned how she baked a regular birthday cake for her Dad but Jerry (her husband) complained it did not taste good due to the lack of puree added into her regular cooked foods.
My thought: This all sounds good to try however, if you get use to eating foods that have puree in them, then when you go out to eat, or at a relative's house, the food is going to taste AWFUL to you once you start this regime. /
Dr. Oz, for once, was dressed not in his scrubs as usual, but in a pink shirt and dress pants to match the set.
He said there is a medical reason why children don't like vegetables.
Children have 10,000 taste buds compared to an adult's 3,000.
He said children in past history, were given poison or bitter food. When given sweet food, it was considered safe. Through hundreds of generations, this holds true and it has not changed.
Bland food is no challenge to children.
Dr. Oz said that "white kids" are children of any race or nationality who stick with eating white foods such as white flour, white rice, white bread, and white sugar and have been considered "safe" (comforting) foods.
Discovery Channel's "Honey, We're Killing the Kids" (Tues. 7 pm EST) was showcased.
Three male siblings (children), ate candy, chips, etc. and many more bad foods and were quite overweight. One of them could barely climb stairs without being exhausted.
They had double the body fat of average children their own age.
Dr. Oz said that bad eating habits are slowly killing our children and that the next generation of children will have a shorter life span because of it.
The children's pictures were morphed and showed what they would look like if they continued eating badly for the same amount of time. The parents were shocked at how grossly obese their children would be so they made changes.
Dr. Oz mentioned the importance of the omendum expanding and how it squeezes the kidneys, does not allow insulin to flow as it should by cutting it off and this is what creates diabetes.
He said that children are not physically active like they use to be citing that walking to school use to be the norm but is not now.
Ten months have passed and the three boys have changed their eating/lifestyle habits to get healthy bodies and minds. The parents said it was an emotional journey. The first thing they did, was throw out the junk food and replaced it with healthy foods like fruits, veggies, yogurt.
The boys also took up TaeKwonDo and swimming, cut down their TV viewing and snacking.
Dr. Oz recommends 7-10 grams of fiber at breakfast time as that helps you start the day right.
Fiber helps sugar digest differently and regulates the insulin.
Future problems are preventable today by changing habits now.
Dr. Oz also mentioned that half of Americans eat in front of the TV which means they eat an additional 225+ calories a day which equals 4 extra pounds per month of weight gain.
Taking 500 steps extra per day can make a huge difference in your health.
Dr. Oz's daughter Daphne was in the audience and confirmed that they did Dance Dance Revolution in their home. He did a little demo.
The Top Five Tips
1. Keep bad food items off limits, don't buy it or bring it into the house. Don't stash it for yourself but tell your children they can't have it while you save it for yourself.
2. No eating in front of the TV.
3. Eat more fibrous foods or add more fiber into your diet. (Drink plenty of water also.)
4. Have 10 servings of healthy foods per day.
5. Exercise more and move around more, go for walks, jump rope, dance.
Dr. Oz said that exposing the children to healthy foods ten times, they will eventually eat it.
He also mentioned this fact that men are fatter than women most likely because after a meal, woman move around cleaning up, doing dishes while men go relax in front of the TV.
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