Thursday 10 December 2015

My conversation with the kids before bedtime on sugar and oil.

Today I wanted to know how much my two older kids know about food. The types of food they will eat when I am not looking and be around them. 15 minutes before bedtime we spoke about sugar and oil. W is 5 year old and R is 7 year old.

Mommy: Do you think sugar is healthy?

W: Candies and sweets that strangers gave are not healthy, they are poison.
R:  Sugar is not healthy and it makes your teeth rot. My friend's uncle lost his toes because of having too much sugar.

Mommy: You are right R. Do you think oil is healthy?

W: Oil can only be use for cooking, we cannot drink the oil.
R: We have to use less oil for cooking.

Mommy: Do you think eating french fries is good for you?

W: No, because we need to use a lot of oil to fry french fries.
R: No, but eating french fries once in a while is fine.

Mommy: How do you define once in a while?

R: Once a month.

Mommy: R, do you know that there are chemicals in the oil when they fry french fries and these chemicals make you sick.

R: Oh!!!

Mommy: If I use oil to rub on your body, how would you clean them?

W: I will use soap to wash it away.

Mommy: Good. Can you drink soap to wash the oil away in your body?

R & W: Cannot. (Kids laughing)

Mommy: Will you still take french fries ?

R & W: Noooo

Mommy: Let's sleep now.

W: Mommy, what is the answer. Is sugar healthy? Is oil healthy?

Mommy: W there is no right and wrong answer. You need to have the right knowledge and be wise in food selection.

R: W, we have to know all this so that we can teach our children next time.

Mommy: (I chuckled myself. They fare quite well in their theory. Next time will see how do they do in practical.)


Dr Chen you tube on cooking oil
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w-ft4XRxQ0







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