Sometimes I think it’s all just a big collectivist plot. Implement silly lunch dietary requirements, instigate a national debate about this and that, and then fill you childrens’ minds with the real food they want them to eat - socialism.
Bottom line: Virginia Tech is trying to get a big federal grant. This is just part of its lobbying.
Exactly. If the government can force what one eats, they can force anything.
Actually it is, look what they said about the energy kids get out of school lunches. That is a HUGE manipulation of our kids!
Ask yourself how well you learn new things when you are tired? How likely were you when you were a kid who was tired to just say...yeah, whatever man?
Glucose is a form of sugar that your body creates from the carbohydrates you eat. Once the glucose is made it gets into the bloodstream so that your muscles and organs can use it for energy. In fact, your brain needs at least 125 to 150 grams of glucose per day to function. It's usually the only source of energy for the brain. The brain's neurons must have this supply of energy from the bloodstream since they aren't capable of storing energy, like fat, for later use. Sugar and Brain Function
Huh? Look at that, do you think the Obama school lunch program cuts carbohydrates?
Now what about that low iron meal from the school too. Well, huh, this just might pop a few eyeballs too...Iron Deficiency Alters Brain Development and Functioning. How about this little clip, The growing body of evidence suggests that brain iron deficiency in early life has multiple consequences in neurochemistry and neurobiology. Wow...and did you know this, Iron deficiency is reported to be the most prevalent nutritional problem in the world today,
so, really, why would school lunches be low in TWO key components of brain development and learning?
No thanks, I'll send my kid to school with a home packed lunch everyday.