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Changes in Cafeteria Menu

12/17/2014

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The Guthrie CSD administration and school board members have changed the way Guthrie students eat in the cafeteria because they believe what was being served was not healthy for the students. The main reason it was unhealthy is because of all the added chemicals in the food. Pat Bradbury, also known as Mrs. Pat, head of the cafeteria, states that “chemicals make plants grow faster, produce more, and have less problems such as rotting or being infested with bugs.”  These chemicals have been used to “improve” the quality of the food, when in essence, they are causing the food to lose the original nutritional value found in the food.


One of the major changes to the food served in the cafeteria is the switch from regular flour to spelt flour. “Spelt flour is not a genetically modified organism and is an ancient grain,” says Mrs. Pat. Research shows that the husks found on spelt flour protects it from pollutants and insects which allows growers to avoid using pesticides.  This absence of pesticides allows the flour to maintain its original nutritional value without harmful toxins being introduced to the food, and therefore our body.


While spelt flour is better for you than all purpose flour, it is also more expensive. Walmart sells a bag of five pound all purpose flour for $2.46, which comes out to $0.03 per ounce. D’Adamo Personalized Nutrition sells a five pound bag of spelt flour for $15.00, which comes out to $0.19 per ounce. The health benefits well out-weigh the cost difference.


Not only has Mrs. Pat changed the recipes she uses, she now shares those recipes on the school website. Mrs. Pat says that, in her opinion, the most liked dish in the cafeteria would either be pizza or bacon wrapped chicken.


Even though changing the menu has been an adjustment for Mrs. Pat as well as the students, the cafeteria and administration feel the hassle and price are not as significant as the long term benefits on the health of Guthrie students.
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Kim O
9/2/2015 03:13:25 pm

I'm thrilled to learn you are stepping out and taking the lead in changing the way children are fed at school. It's been so discouraging to watch young kids at our local schools being fed such terrible diets, like milk loaded with high fructose corn syrup, sugar coated breakfast cereals, and white flour breading on all sorts of things, not to mention all the starch and carbs I see on their lunch trays. (Btw, I live in west Texas). It's so refreshing to see a school step out to do what is truly best for the kids, rather than succumb to dictation from "the powers that be" on children's nutritional needs. Keep up the good work!

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Teresa
9/3/2015 12:18:16 am

So excited for your kids who are going till be blessed physically because of this action. I wish all schools would do this.

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Nancy Ranft link
9/3/2015 07:03:16 pm

WAY TO GO !!! That you cared enough about your children to go to bat for them like that speaks VOLUMES. They may not understand or appreciate it now but they will and they'll benefit from it their entire lives ! THANK YOU.

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