I've been eating really healthy for a few years and have been eating TF since October 2009 when I went to my first visit with a Naturopath and she pointed me in the direction of the Nourishing Traditions book.
I've been doing research on holistic nutrition for a while and I know how beneficial it is. I'm also leaning more towards some paleo/primal stuff. I follow a TF diet almost 100% (still learning!) and so does my 10 month old daughter. My 3 year old son is almost there, he is a picky eater and always has been so it's more of a challenge to change his ways of eating. Right now he is only on sprouted grains, though he still eats too many carbs IMO.
The problem is, my husband somewhat respects my stance yet still thinks I'm being too extreme. He doesn't seem to get it. He grew up on 2L Coke bottles every day (through his childhood), hamburger helper, kraft dinner and Lucky Charms were the basis of his diet from toddlerhood all the way up to the college years..... (I KNOW!!! YUCK!!!!!!!!!)
His dad died of brain cancer at the age of 45. He got the cancer in his late 20s/early 30's. It was a rare slow growing brain tumour. My husband is 27 years old. Many men in his family have died of cancer and almost everyone is overweight, has diabetes, infertility or some other serious health problem.
He is an EXTREMELY picky eater. There are a few healthy things he will eat, but they are random. Usually what happens is I spend a ton of time making something healthy and he will take a few bites and leave the rest. It's infuriating. Even something as simple as chicken noodle soup. He hates taking supplements. He won't eat organs. He won't eat raw dairy. He won't eat most veggies. He is addicted to sugar and drinks a gallon of ice tea or juice every single day. He eats potato chips every day. He eats fast food every day.
He has rotting teeth and terrible tooth decay issues that we've spent lots of $$$ on.
All of this is not enough to motivate him to eat healthy. He doesn't cook so I make 100% of the meals that he eats at home. I don't buy any junk, he buys it himself. I refuse to. He is okay with me sneaking healthy stuff into his meals as long as he can't tell it's there. So what should I focus on? Also should he be on some kind of a supplement (I can sneak into a smoothie or something) to help him detox from all this junk that he can't seem to resist?? I was thinking of Chlorella maybe? Also we are signing up with a raw dairy soon so I *may* be able to sneak some raw milk into some smoothies as long as he doesn't taste the difference.
Any help on what I should be prioritizing on would be so helpful!!
I've been doing research on holistic nutrition for a while and I know how beneficial it is. I'm also leaning more towards some paleo/primal stuff. I follow a TF diet almost 100% (still learning!) and so does my 10 month old daughter. My 3 year old son is almost there, he is a picky eater and always has been so it's more of a challenge to change his ways of eating. Right now he is only on sprouted grains, though he still eats too many carbs IMO.
The problem is, my husband somewhat respects my stance yet still thinks I'm being too extreme. He doesn't seem to get it. He grew up on 2L Coke bottles every day (through his childhood), hamburger helper, kraft dinner and Lucky Charms were the basis of his diet from toddlerhood all the way up to the college years..... (I KNOW!!! YUCK!!!!!!!!!)
His dad died of brain cancer at the age of 45. He got the cancer in his late 20s/early 30's. It was a rare slow growing brain tumour. My husband is 27 years old. Many men in his family have died of cancer and almost everyone is overweight, has diabetes, infertility or some other serious health problem.
He is an EXTREMELY picky eater. There are a few healthy things he will eat, but they are random. Usually what happens is I spend a ton of time making something healthy and he will take a few bites and leave the rest. It's infuriating. Even something as simple as chicken noodle soup. He hates taking supplements. He won't eat organs. He won't eat raw dairy. He won't eat most veggies. He is addicted to sugar and drinks a gallon of ice tea or juice every single day. He eats potato chips every day. He eats fast food every day.
He has rotting teeth and terrible tooth decay issues that we've spent lots of $$$ on.
All of this is not enough to motivate him to eat healthy. He doesn't cook so I make 100% of the meals that he eats at home. I don't buy any junk, he buys it himself. I refuse to. He is okay with me sneaking healthy stuff into his meals as long as he can't tell it's there. So what should I focus on? Also should he be on some kind of a supplement (I can sneak into a smoothie or something) to help him detox from all this junk that he can't seem to resist?? I was thinking of Chlorella maybe? Also we are signing up with a raw dairy soon so I *may* be able to sneak some raw milk into some smoothies as long as he doesn't taste the difference.
Any help on what I should be prioritizing on would be so helpful!!
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. Just that I'm sorry you're dealing with that.
It really does sound like your DH has made a lot of positive changes and hopefully you can help him do more. I would suggest that every time you cook something he really likes, you write it down on a list somewhere, rather than trying to remember it all. Then you will have a fallback list of things you know he'll go for to add in the mix in your menu planning.
He loves flax and whole wheat pasta though! I guess it's better then the white stuff. I'll just have to start putting organ meats in the sauce!
