Kate Gosselin teams up with Grains Foods Foundation

by Bethany Sanders (Subscribe to Bethany Sanders's posts)
Oct 6th 2008 10:00AM

Categories: Celebs & Entertainment, Nutrition & Supplements

Love them or not, you can't argue that Jon and Kate Gosselin of Jon and Kate Plus 8 have captured the nation's attention. Not only are they parents of two sets of multiples -- twins Mady and Cara, plus sextuplets Alexis, Hannah, Leah, Aaden, Collin, and Joel -- but they also manage to feed their kids a steady diet of nutritious, organic, homemade foods. That's no easy task.

Kate recently shared some of her tips with LilSugar, including her philosophy that, if you feed it (and don't offer any other options), eventually they will eat it. Aside from that, though, Kate has also teamed up with the Grains Foods Foundation to encourage people, but especially families, to return to the time-honored habit of brown-bagging it. "We've been brown-bagging for years," said Kate, "And I'm working with the Grains Foods Foundation to show other families how packing lunches can be an easy and fun way to save money and eat healthy."

With kids back in school, this is timely advice. At our school, the menu consists mainly of pizza, hot dogs, hamburgers, and chicken nuggets -- all for $2.00 a pop. When I pack my daughter's lunch, she eats things like sandwiches on whole wheat, fruit, raw veggies, hummus, and leftovers like salmon and spaghetti. That's a lot better variety at a significantly lower cost. And brown-bagging isn't only for kids. Adults can avoid fast food temptation at lunch time by packing themselves a nutritious lunch at home in the morning, and families can save money by packing a cooler when on the road.

The only thing I disagree with is Kate's statement that when she feeds her kids snacks, it's usually a grain. Grains are good, especially when they're whole grains, but kids need plenty of fruits and veggies and high-quality protein sources too. I'd pick apples and peanut butter over pretzels any day.

The Gosselin family(click thumbnails to view gallery)

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pjd 10-21-2008 @ 4:02PM

Kate very seldom gives those eight children milk! Kate squanders money on junk and junk food (organic marshmallows?) but does not buy milk. She has said she only buys milk when it is on sale. When is milk on sale? Never. Kate is a mental case and that is just one sign of it.

Kelly 10-25-2008 @ 11:19AM

I love Kate. I think she feeds her children very nutritiously. I believe people secretly wish they were her.

Fran 11-05-2008 @ 9:13PM

Enough is enough! Kate has forgotten she used to be poor.
Kate never knew the work organic existed until she became a celebrity.
Eating organic in America is only for the rich or if you live on a farm and produce organic food yourself.

As for her kids, all we hear is whining, screaming, crying. How depressing! The show is no longer inspirational. We have parents who are becoming more and more spoiled and espect everything to be given to them.

They say they are Christians, but I think even Jesus is ashamed of them. Both are so materialistic, they have nothing in common with us the real people of America.

marlene 11-11-2008 @ 3:51PM

Ihave a guestion,since watching the show, I never see any grandparents involved in there live, I wonder , do they haveany on either side, if so why aren"t they sometimes on the show,love the show, and what ever she is feeding them, sure looks like they ade fine, I am a grandmother of11, mother of 7 and I and I never had the money to feed my children as kate does, but I think she is doing a great job, I watch it all the time, because I miss my grandkids, and up inpenna, and I live in FLA. and 10000miles is far, and before you know it they are all growed up, so by watching the show, it helps.
marlene