Gwyneth Paltrow & no carbs for Kids

My nearly 8 year son has always been a lively little boy, he seems to be constantly on the go and only ever rests when he is tucked up in bed at night. He has also, over the years, displayed certain other characteristics associated with dyslexia and ADHD  amongst other things, but I am still not unconvinced that a large part of his behaviour is to do with his diet, and in particular with refined white carbohydrates, IE bread, rice and pasta, of course, all the things children love.

Gwyneth Paltrow has recently been criticised by saying she avoids giving these so called white carbs to her children. Apparently a whole host a top government nutritional experts  have testified that these carbs are vital to our children's diet and they are at risk of nutritional deficiencies by restricting it.

So do you think Mrs Martin is right, or is she just another rich celebrity preaching on about their faddy diets.

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Well here is my two pennies worth, sorry 2 cents worth, I have to agree with Gwynnie.  We are constantly bombarded by TV adverts saying our daily white bread our breakfast cereals give us energy, but all foods give us energy surely.  The problem with  starchy refined carbohydrates is that they give a quick burst of energy, they are burned quickly and make our blood sugar levels rise because, of course they also contain high levels of sugar.  I have over the years noticed along with the other more  well know culprits such as additives, that when DS1 has high concentrates of Starchy white Carbs, especially where they are not balanced out by protein, then he is far more likely to have a sudden outburst and an increase level of hyperactivity, and time and time again we have witnessed this.

 Is it just me or since we were all convinced to drop the high levels of saturated fats in our diets we have just replaced these with the highly refined starchy carbs which also contain large amounts of sugar, the net result is that on the whole societies are getting fatter but also there has been a huge spike in the diagnosis of ADHD or other learning and behavioural diagnose in children both in NZ and overseas.

So as I stumble off my soapbox, I am very pleased that all 3 of my little wonders love their fruit and vegetables, which also contain carbs and natural sugar, but also contain fibre, which is also seen in unrefined carbs ( IE brown rice)  and because these all take that more chewing it does put a break on the amount they can eat at one sitting which hopefully means I will not have overweight children on my hands in a few years time, and the best thing is we grow most of what they need ourselves which means I know that we have also not used any harmful sprays or pesticides.

So who would have thought Gwynnie and I would have so much in common, were are virtually besties.xx

Till next time