All over the country, summer camps for kids are doing something smart: they're shifting to healthier menus with fresh fruits and vegetables instead of junk foods, fried foods and candy. It's all part of their effort to improve the health (and lives) of their guests while fighting obesity.
Kudos to the summer camps for paying attention to the health needs of their guests and doing something about it. Too bad our nation's public schools can't follow suit. Public schools remain a nutritional quagmire, where fast food restaurants and soft drink manufacturers are still allowed to sell foods directly to children -- IN SCHOOL!
It's time that public schools cleaned up their menus and ditched all the ingredients and foods that promote disease and obesity: white bread, soft drinks, fried foods, snack foods like potato chips, foods containing monosodium glutamate, foods made with high-fructose corn syrup, foods with added sugars or refined white flour, foods made with hydrogenated oils, and so on. Only then can public schools be appropriate environments for learning, since poor nutrition makes learning impossible (and gives kids ADHD, too).
As always, the private sector (with the summer camps) is moving quickly, while the public sector remains mired in food politics and bureaucracy that deliver no real progress.
When will our nation wake up and realize that we can't keep feeding our children disease-causing foods in our public schools?
About the author: Mike Adams is an award-winning journalist and holistic nutritionist with a mission to teach personal and planetary health to the public He has authored more than 1,800 articles and dozens of reports, guides and interviews on natural health topics, and he has authored and published several downloadable personal preparedness courses including a downloadable course focused on safety and self defense. Adams is a trusted, independent journalist who receives no money or promotional fees whatsoever to write about other companies' products. In 2010, Adams created TV.NaturalNews.com, a natural living video sharing site featuring thousands of user videos on foods, fitness, green living and more. He also launched an online retailer of environmentally-friendly products (BetterLifeGoods.com) and uses a portion of its profits to help fund non-profit endeavors. He's also the CEO of a highly successful email newsletter software company that develops software used to send permission email campaigns to subscribers. Adams volunteers his time to serve as the executive director of the Consumer Wellness Center, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, and practices nature photography, Capoeira, martial arts and organic gardening. Known by his callsign, the 'Health Ranger,' Adams posts his missions statements, health statistics and health photos at www.HealthRanger.org
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