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Mar 24, 2010 17:56

How do you all feel about babies (under 1 or 2) getting junk food? (juice boxes, french fries, iced cream, mac n cheese, etc.) Do you allow it? If so, how often? Would you be okay with this once a week?

edit: I am referring to the prepackaged, processed versions, NOT homemade.

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sblmnldrknss

Not all those things are necessarily junk food. I make almost everything from scratch, and they're not "junk" because I put good, whole ingredients together to make the food item.
As for things that are truly junk, like Doritos, soda, candy, etc.... I don't think it's a good. Under a year, I think absolutely not. Between 1 and 2, maybe occasionally like at a party, but certainly not a part of regular dining.

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elephantsrock

I agree whole heartily.

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cubes

I don't consider any of those junk food. They're all foods I give my kids (and myself) in moderation. They may not be the healthiest items on the planet (depending on how they're prepared), but they're FOOD, and fairly nutritious food at that.

Junk food is (IMO) things like candy, soda, prepared snack cakes... empty calories made up of sugar and artificial flavorings.

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coinin

This.

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alacrity_danger

It really grosses me out when I see babies eating junk food. We avoid anything with high fructose corn syrup, preservatives, and weird chemicals. Most juices boxes are not actually juice so I would not let my daughter have them. She has baked fries sometimes with meals. I don't necessarily think a baked potato fry is junk if it is an actual potato and not the nasty processed fries.

As for ice cream I eat mostly coconut milk ice cream so if I have some she is welcome to some. That happens once every few months.

we're vegan so no mac n cheese here.

Junk food for us would be Boca veggie chicken nuggets. I give them to the kids a couple times a month.

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alacrity_danger

Other junk: If I bake cookies or cupcakes from scratch she gets one and I have always allowed that. I think it is good to teach kids moderation and that making things at home is much healthier than eating store bought junk food.

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cubes

Weird chemicals like... ZEATIN?? (and other cytokinins found in, yep, coconut milk)? they use that stuff in fertilizer, you know.

Seriously, I don't get the whole "OMG CHEMICALS!1!!!11" reaction. Chemicals are everywhere, in plants, in people, and in laboratory beakers. Some chemicals found in nature are deadly. Some synthetic chemicals are lifesavers. "Weird chemicals"? How do you define what's weird and what's not? If you go by function, many natural substances (some that we don't even fully understand) have man-made stuff beat hands-down for weirdness.

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alacrity_danger

Listen, I'd rather feed my kid something with ingredients that are understandably food. How do you have a problem with that? I am a lot more comfortable feeding my kid something that has a couple ingredients say potatoes and olive oil rather than "Potatoes, vegetable oil (partially hydrogenated soybean oil, natural beef flavor (wheat and milk derivatives)**, citric acid (preservative), dextrose, sodium acid pyrophosphate (maintain color), dimethylpolysiloxane (antifoaming agent)), salt. Prepared in vegetable oil ((may contain one of the following: Canola oil, corn oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, partially hydrogenated corn oil with TBHQ and citric acid added to preserve freshness), dimethylpolysiloxane added as an antifoaming agent). **CONTAINS: WHEAT AND MILK (Natural beef flavor contains hydrolyzed wheat and hydrolyzed milk as starting ingredients.)"I think it is a bit odd that foods that should have one or just a few ingredients are packed with non food chemicals so I will not support ( ... )

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sheisred

Not a huge fan, but every now and then isn't a big deal.

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voxangelus

My kids get ice cream about once or twice a week. Boxed mac & cheese about every 2 weeks. Fries maybe once every 2 weeks, if even that often. One is 22 mo, the other five. I don't see anything wrong with it. They eat a healthy diet with the appropriate amount of fruits, veggies, whole grains, etc - I'm not worried.

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