If you live in Beer Sheva, you know you can always call me, knock on the door or stop me in the neighborhood with a food or nutrition question. Some of you have asked me questions using Facebook. Others are using the "comment" option on my blog.
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At the end of each blog post, in small print, it says "posted by Chana Rubin, RD", followed by the time of the post. After that there's a number (or a zero) and the word "comments". Click on the word "comments" and you'll see a "Post a Comment" box.
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Today it said in the news that the fruit and vegetable tax - which is a terrible idea - is on hold for now, and they are looking for an alternative way to raise funds.
ReplyDeleteAlmost a year ago, i started writing to knesset members suggesting that they put a high tax on junk foods and use part of the money to subsidize healthy foods - both fruits and veggies and other healthy foods like whole wheat bread, low-fat dairy products, fish, olive oil, honey, etc. I called the plan - Eretz Zevat Chalav U'Dvash. I am still trying to promote it. If you think it is a good idea, I encourage you to write knesset members about it - in English is fine. Since you are a registered dietician, what you say carries more weight. I know they read the letters, since I have written even in English and have received responses from the Ministry of Welfare, the Committee for Health in the Knesset, etc. Maybe you could write a Blog about being a nutrition activist. All people have to do is search for Knesset on the Internet, and you have access there to all the members of knesset and all the committees. Last week, I spoke to someone from the Israeli cancer society and she said that every letter against the fruit and vegetable tax helps, and it doesn;t matter if you write in English or Hebrew. If anyone is interested in contacting me about this idea - Eretz Zevat Chalav U'Dvash - they can contact me at susan22@bezeqint.net. Thank you - I enjoy your Blog!
I really enjoy reading your blog. I try to cook healthy foods for my family, and you have alot of great information and ideas. Do you have a recipe for Lechem Sobin that can be made by hand? My husband was told that it's healthier than whole wheat bread, and that's what he's supposed to eat. Thanks! And if you have any ideas on how to get Gannanot to stop giving kids junk food in gan, please let me know! I spoke to my son's gannenet and even gave her a printout of food colorings and preservitives and how bad it is for you, but nothing has changed. I really hate that he eats this stuff... I appreciate your input.
ReplyDeleteThanks Susan. I heard a lot of talk against the produce tax from the medical/nutrition community at a recent nutrition conference. Of course, the farmers and small shop keepers are against it too, for different reasons. I encourage everyone to voice their opinion.
ReplyDeleteRegarding Lechem Sobin. Do you mean lechem subin - bread with added bran? Real whole-wheat bread is naturally high in bran, so I'm a little confused by your question.
ReplyDeleteIt's very important to read the label and make sure you're buying bread made with whole-wheat flour. Sometimes they use a mix of white flour with added wheat bran and germ - not quite the same.
There are bakeries in Israel that bake wonderful whole-grain breads. We recently discovered Lechem Shel Tomer in Jerusalem and Lehamim in Tel Aviv.
About the food served in your child's Gan:
Obviously, good nutrition is not a high priority in many Israeli Ganim. And some gannenot are more receptive to change than others.
How about offering to do a volunteer project on healthy food - an activity that you could do with the children in the gan?
This is a long-term project, so it's important to keep the gannenet happy and not feeling threatened with information that may be new to her. She may be more receptive to healthy food suggestions rather than a list of foods that are not so healthy.
Your children will be exposed to plenty of junk food when they go to school and to friends, so they might as well have a healthy attitude about it from an early age. I'm sure that you're feeding them well at home, and that's where they eat the most and learn the most.
You know a few days ago I posted a comment on your blog and it never showed up. Rather it was a question about a recipe.
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry. All comments come to my email first, so it's possible that I missed it. Please post it again and I'll keep an eye out for it.
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