Why Feeding Kids Feels Harder Than Ever — And 5 Simple Shifts That Actually Work
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Why Feeding Kids Feels Harder Than Ever — And 5 Simple Shifts That Actually Work

B1IntermediateSeptember 9, 202659 min
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In this insightful and encouraging episode, I had the honor of sitting down with board-certified pediatrician, mom of three, and founder of Ahimsa, Dr. Manasa Mantravadi. Trained in pediatric endocrinology, Dr. Manasa saw firsthand the dramatic rise of chronic childhood conditions like type 2 diabetes and set out to address the root causes of child health through preventive, culinary medicine. We dive into why modern meal times feel so chaotic and how parents can tune out the noise and lower the friction around feeding kids. Dr. Manasa shares her simple, actionable frameworks—focusing on systems over talent, adding no...

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When I go shopping, I really try to think, how can I just incorporate more food than food product? So it doesn't mean you have to eat every vegetable and everything has to be fresh from the ground. It just means how can I incorporate more of that? And so that is kind of the underlying issue here. 67% of the calories consumed by an average American child is ultra-processed food product.

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Hello, hello, welcome back to the show. It is Dr. Mona, your online pediatrician, your mom friend. Thank you for being here, for sharing these episodes because that's how we continue to be a top 30 parenting podcast in the United States. I'm also that person who has stood in front of a refrigerator at 5 p.m. with zero ideas and two hungry kids staring at me dead in the eye. Do you

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dread the grocery store because you cannot tell anymore what is actually food and what just looks like it. Do meal times in your home feel less like connection and more like a negotiation you never agreed to?

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