Why 70% Of Kids' Food Is Ultra Processed And How It Affects Their Health | Ultra-Processed Life

Diabetes, health disease and cancer? Damn she listed all the most profitable industries!

In Japan, it is illegal for a juice company to use REAL FRUIT in the packaging art of juice if it is not 100%. A rule of thumb in Japan is, the more cartoon a fruit/veggie looks on the packaging, the more processed or unreal it is.

Also once you prime a baby's tastebuds to high sugar you bet it's near impossible to happily transition them to lower sugar diets...

The company slogan should be: Your health is the second most important thing to us! The first is profit for the shareholders!

And people act like this isn't affecting child behavior. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

Now I can see why my friends kid doesn’t like water… at 1 1/2 years old.

I like how, at the end of the video, she addressed reality. Like many parents dont have the time to cook and strain peas and puree fruits and veg. Although i have just learned you dont really need to do all of that. You can just choose soft fruits and veg or cooked options and smush them with a fork and cut things into managable peices. Im glad she made it clear that parents aren't totally to blame and that giving your kids a pouch or cereal may be the best option for you and your family. I appreciate that.

As a pediatrician, I agree with this video! Save some money and feed your babies breast milk if you are lactating. If you are not producing milk then don't feel guilty to use formula. Start introducing foods at 6 months with veggies first, meats second and lastly fruits. And remember that you can cook and mushed the food instead of buying baby foods, just like people used to it in the past.

This is so sad. You can't trust anything anymore. The people with the tinfoil hats were right all along. This needs a lawsuit for false advertising and labeling. They convinced parents this was healthy option.

I love this woman! No fear mongering, reasonable. Please more of her!

My dad worked at a Gerber baby food factory in the early 80's or late 70's, before I was born. I think my older sister was a baby then and he saw so many things that severely disturbed him that he never allowed my mom to buy it, which she didn't mind because it's cheaper to just make at home and mush it up themselves. So that's what they did for the 3 of us younger kids.

80% of parents don't have a clue, not just about added sugars they give to their kid, but that diet and nutrition are directly linked to health

What’s also sad is that almost all baby food has higher than FDA limits of heavy metals. This has been known for years yet companies continue to operate without doing anything about it. And the FDA provides basically no oversight.

I have a 3 year old daughter, I follow 90:5:5, 90% home made food, 5% home made junk, 5% store brought junk. Its very difficult and challenging to stick to this rule but as a parent I take this challenge and achieve this atleast 90% of the time. I believe first 5 years of anyones life make what you are today, Its our responsibility we give good health to our children and show them the path to make wealth by themselves.

I’m 25, trying to get pregnant with my husband, and I’m so glad that there’s such a huge movement around ultra processed food right now. It’s directly informing me how I can feed my children healthy food, AND how I can eat during my pregnancies to make sure they’re as healthy as I can possibly help them to be! This information is invaluable for young parents everywhere right now. Thank you for helping too expose this issue.

I remember loving pear Gerber as a kid and then would sometimes buy one extra for me when my sister was a baby and we would get baby food. About a decade later, when my nieces were babies I ONCE did the same and could barely eat a few spoons of it. I was so sweet. Couldn't believe the difference. Most of their food was made out home, mashing stuff up but every now and then we had a few jars for emergencies or in case of lack of time, but after that I just thought better not to give them any store baby food. Blech.

I use to think the FDA actually did something but the older i get the more i see you can just buy FDA approval which makes it pointless to even have.

Before I started pre-nursery, I used to sneak sugar and milk powder from the kitchen whenever my parents were at work. I had a real sweet tooth and would be upset if my dad didn’t bring home a Milky Bar after work. These days, I’m the complete opposite. I don’t use sugar at all and grow most of my own food. Ultra Processed Foods and cold drinks are things I only have on special occasions(once or twice/year) now, and I’m much more healthier and mindful about what I eat.

As working parents myself, I understand life is so busy. But when kids are baby, they have very little opinion, you can steam and blend their baby food. That was what I did, my son ate fresh blended fruits and veggies. When he turn 3, it been a struggle to get him to eat the way I hoped, I settled for 30 % homemade. He is 6 now, I managed to increased it to 70% fresh made home food. Kids just need training for a good food habits. It also related to family eating habits. I don’t eat candy myself and so he doesn’t. I don’t forbid candy. He just doesn’t. Even school give it to him, he eat very tiny of it.

It’s good to give children the same foods as the parents or the rest of the family is eating when age appropriate. Instead of separate “kiddie food”. For example mashed potatoes can be made to be very smooth and easy to swallow.