Do you want your child to be healthy?
Obviously yes, isn’t it? If you are considering giving, or are actually giving your child Pediasure in an attempt to boost his nutritional status, please read on.
These are the actual ingredients in chocolate Pediasure:
ingredients:
WATER, SUGAR (SUCROSE), CORN MALTODEXTRIN, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, HIGH OLEIC SAFFLOWER OIL, SOY OIL, COCOA POWDER (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, MEDIUM-CHAIN TRIGLYCERIDES; LESS THAN 0.5% OF: SHORT-CHAIN FRUCTOOLIGOSACCHARIDES, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, MAGNESIUM PHOSPHATE, CELLULOSE GEL, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, CALCIUM CARBONATE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, POTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, POTASSIUM CITRATE, SALT (SODIUM CHLORIDE), CHOLINE CHLORIDE, SOY LECITHIN, MONOGLYCERIDES, C. COHNII OIL, ASCORBIC ACID, CELLULOSE GUM, CARRAGEENAN, m-INOSITOL, TURMERIC, POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, TAURINE, FERROUS SULFATE, dl-ALPHA-TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, L-CARNITINE, ZINC SULFATE, CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, NIACINAMIDE, FD&C RED#3, MANGANESE SULFATE, THIAMINE CHLORIDE HYDROCHLORIDE, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, RIBOFLAVIN, CUPRIC SULFATE, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, FOLIC ACID, CHROMIUM CHLORIDE, BIOTIN, SODIUM SELENATE, SODIUM MOLYBDATE, POTASSIUM IODIDE, PHYLLOQUINONE, CYANOCOBALAMIN, AND VITAMIN D3.
CONTAINS SOY AND MILK INGREDIENTS.
To be healthy:
1. Ask yourself, before consuming anything, anything – could I find this in nature? was this alive at some point?
2. If at all consuming packaged food, list of ingredients should be very short, with NO additives. For example: Ingredients on a label of oats: 100% Natural whole grain quality oats. That’s it. 1 ingredient. No additives / flavorings/ preservatives / whatever. The larger the list, the greater the chance of chemicals added. Would you want to give your child chemicals?
3. Ingredients are listed in order of prevalence. After water, the first ingredient is sugar. Remember that ‘sugar is a poison‘. Sugar makes your child fat.
Corn maltodextrin, although a carbohydrate, has little to no nutritional value. The health benefits of this ingredient are debated. On one side, corn maltodextrin is considered “natural” as it originates from corn . However, this product is still a carbohydrate, having similar caloric value as table sugar. Diabetics need to consume with caution as maltodextrin acts similar to glucose in the body.
In addition, corn maltodextrin most probably is obtained from genetically modified corn or GMO corn. A recent study revealed that GMO corn caused organ damage.
4. The oils. High oleic safflower oil is a less expensive oil from hybrid plants, with insufficient length of usage to confirm safety. Soy oil has 25% monounsaturated fats, which are prone to oxidation and can cause oxidative damage. The C. cohnii oil (algae) & M. alpina oil (fungus) used in many infant formulas are treated with hexane solvent, acid, and bleach. Some infants have experienced serious adverse reactions to these additives.
5. Soy protein isolate – some people are concerned that the isoflavones it contains could affect a child’s growth and reproductive development. Soy is one of the most genetically modified crops.
6. A LOOOONG list of chemicals.
Why not just give your child a glass of fresh, unpasteurised milk?