What Are We Feeding Our Kids? With Haley Scheich

What’s the secret to getting our kids to eat nutritiously? This is a question that has long driven author, mother, and whole foods advocate Haley Scheich, our guest this week. As the co-author of My SuperHero Foods, a revolutionary book for kids—and adults!—that piques curiosities about healthy foods, Haley is driven to help all of us change our habits and approach to eating. Her passion was ignited more than a decade ago when she started to lean into what she was putting into her body and how it impacted her health conditions. She researched and vetted, read hundreds of books, and completed her Master’s in nutrition. But her life really began to turn after she started clearing out any processed foods and leaning into ones that were whole, clean, and unadulterated. Her journey is one for us all to hear.

In our chat, we learn about the foods she always avoids, how she always looks for credible sources, and why doing your homework around what you eat is critical. Haley also leans into how food can be medicine and why we need to bring mindfulness into our feeding habits. Be sure to tune into our chat with Haley.

Key Points From This Episode:

Introducing Haley, her family, and some of her wellness journey leading up to this point.
Haley's experiences with vegan and gluten-free diets
Unpacking the different kinds of fat and the dangers of seed oils.
The genesis of Haley's book and the events that inspired her to start writing.
Tracing the reasons for Americans’ disconnection from what they ingest.
Why our own education and research are so important when it comes to nutrition.
Reading labels and building knowledge about common ingredients.
Food choices and social impact; Haley's approach to engaging other perspectives.
Alignment in the home; starting from a strong foundation for wellness.
Haley's work with schools to reframe the way nutrition is viewed.
Some of the food items that are banned from Haley's kitchen and her prioritization of cooking at home.
Items that Haley avoids due to her body's specific needs.
Haley talks about how her children have fully embraced a whole foods diet.
Thoughts on emotional and comfort eating; Haley talks about her own experiences and approach.
Food and mindfulness; the myriad benefits we can all get from slowing down.
The upcoming book that Haley is working on about sleep!

Tweetables:

“It blows my mind how much stuff ends up in our food and how not a lot of people are questioning it or seem to have any problems with it.” — @MSHFKids [0:03:14]

“What I love about Ann Arbor is that it's such an amazing community with parks on every corner, yoga studio on every other corner, food coops and local farmers.” — @MSHFKids [0:05:14]

“I didn't have any excuse. I went and tried it. It was a hot vinyasa class. And from the first class, I was hooked.” — @MSHFKids [0:06:06]

“I started to understand the power of food. It's the real medicine. What you eat makes a difference.” — @MSHFKids [0:07:18]