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Originally Posted by graciegirl
When you and I were young, dad went to work and mom stayed home and took care of things. She cleaned the house, sewed, ironed, washed, hung the clothes out, cooked, planted a garden, canned and baked.
Now two people go off to work, and the children who are too young for school go to day care. The same time and attention given to making a home and providing healthy meals is no longer there. Moms work long hours and fly all over the country, dads do too. The houses are not as clean and the meals are no longer home prepared.
You cannot fault a supermarket chain for selling what people want to buy and you can't blame everything on poor nutritional choices. There just isn't as much time and so people are grabbing things that are fast and easy and not good for you in the long run. Parents are working on their childrens morals and studies and having a little fun too. It isn't the same as it was.
I think your diet choices are interesting but just not something that you can talk most people into. They really aren't as good as you think they are in my humble opinion. I think I eat healthier. But I don't preach about it.
One of the biggest differences from back then to now is that nutrition isn't taught in school any more.
You haven't mentioned what your cholesterol numbers are and your bp and your vitamin D blood levels and and your thyroid test results. Do you have these things tested?
Good nutrition and a good physician and a great spouse and a place to live that encourages a lot of moving around is so good for all of us as we age.
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When I was young my mom did not stay home. She and my dad both taught school. Yet, she not only worked, but she also took care of "things". She cleaned the house, sewed, ironed, washed, hung the clothes out (until she and dad saved enough money to buy a dryer), cooked, baked, had a huge flower garden, and mothered her 3 daughters with love, respect, and devotion.
Quote..."Now two people go off to work, and the children who are too young for school go to day care. The same time and attention given to making a home and providing healthy meals is no longer there. Moms work long hours and fly all over the country, dads do too. The houses are not as clean and the meals are no longer home prepared." Unquote
I take offense to this statement. My children are married with children of their own. One family sends their children to day care. The other doesn't. Yet, the time and attention given to making a home and providing healthy meals IS there for both. Their houses are clean and their meals are home prepared and most meals are made from scratch. Nutrition is important in addition to keeping their children actively involved in sports plus family activities that bind families.
Quote... "Parents are working on their childrens morals and studies..." Unquote
Fortunately, my children are doing this with my grandchildren. However, as a retired elementary school teacher (just 3 years ago), this is not the norm. More children are rude and disrespectful today than 30 years ago when I began teaching. As for "working on their studies"...many (not all) parents don't find this as an important part of parenting nowadays. Yet the teacher is always blamed for the child's lack of progress because many parents don't take accountability for being an integral part of their child's success.
Quote..."You cannot fault a supermarket chain for selling what people want to buy and you can't blame everything on poor nutritional choices." Unquote
You are right...it's not the supermarket's fault. But I can blame poor nutritional choices on parents who make bad choices for their children. I also blame the effect advertising has. If I can't blame the parent for making bad choices for their children, then who is to blame?
Quote..."One of the biggest differences from back then to now is that nutrition isn't taught in school any more." Unquote
Oh yes it is! It was part of my curriculum and we (I) talked about it all the time. If you pull a school aged child aside and question them about what foods are good for them and what foods aren't....they know!
Quote..."They really aren't as good as you think they are in my humble opinion. I think I eat healthier." Unquote
Why is your diet healthier? Why is a vegan/vegetarian diet not as healthy? Please provide support for your opinion so I can validate why you said this. My son is a vegan and his children (ages 1 and 7) are vegetarian. Let me tell you, I haven't seen anyone eat as many fruits, vegetables, grains, and proteins as they do! Even though my vegan son doesn't eat dairy (or anything related to animal products nor wear anything animal related) he gets his calcium in dark veggies, tofu, soy milk, and orange juice. My grandchildren are vegetarian so they eat a lot of dairy. Both my son's and his children's diets are a lot healthier than mine and I watch mine very closely.