SUGAR is not the enemy here!!!

The main problem is not sugars added to foods and drinks!!! It is the CARBOHYDRATE content of lots of foods.

As a diabetic I have learned to count the grams of carbohydrate in foods and do so very carefully. I work hard at keeping the grams of carb to 30 or less per meal.

The USA Food Pyramid recommends 8 to 11 servings of grains and cereals per day!! They insist that this is healthy. BUT it is these same grains and cereals that cause us to gain weight. And gaining weight with someone in the family having diabetes is equal to hurrying up the disease in one self!!

We must teach the children to eat a balance of 1/3 each protein foods, fatty foods, and carbohydrate foods. We must teach them that eating a lot of starchy carbohydrates just makes them fatter and fatter.

The children should be eating a 2 to 3 ounce serving of protein food like fish, chicken, beef, lamb, etc. And a large fresh vegetable salad made up of mostly dark green leafy things. Tomatoes are good on this. Crispy tart fruits are more preferable than soft sweet ones. They don't have the higher sugar content.

You must teach in the schools what carbohydrates are and how to read the labels that are already on products.