Just in Time to Alleviate My Guilt

I just read a post at Junkfood Science discussing studies about the relationship, or rather the lack of evidence of any relationship, between childhood sugar intake and obesity. Just in time, because after reading Thalia’s post about Cheerios, I was feeling a little insecure on the nutrition front. Not so much because of the Fancy Gourmet Supermarket Whole Grain Toasted O’s cereal (which we call Grouchy Os), but because Zebediah has informed me clearly though non verbally that [brand name redacted because it is too embarrassing] are currently his preferred snack food.  Now, I wouldn’t offer the stuff to him if I thought it was really evil. Moderation in all things. It is just unsettling when I am trying to be a good Ellyn Satter disciple (with handouts about healthy snacks from Child of Mine posted on the fridge) and offer him a variety of food, but, unlike one of his friends, what he loves best is not fresh fruit.  Of course Satter would probably say I’m messing it all up because I am still nursing, but I am the take-what-looks-good-ignore-the-rest kind of disciple so I just ignore that part of it.