Comments on: Nestle Answers: Preservatives, Sodium and Stouffer’s

By: Mothers shouldn’t have opinions | PhD in Parenting

Mothers shouldn’t have opinions | PhD in Parenting — Thu, 20 May 2010 21:38:47 +0000

[...] I wrote about the sodium levels in Nestle’s Stouffer brand food, a Concerned Citizen wrote: And the bigger question I have heard the parenting community ask is, “How does she have time to [...]

By: waqar

waqar — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:57:44 +0000

its true that high salt intake later on leads to hi BP. Its my personal experience and m just 20.

By: Are these your kids heroes? Olympians, sponsorship, McDonald’s and more | PhD in Parenting

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:37:02 +0000

[...] children are increasingly obese and ingesting dangerous amounts of sodium. The processed foods and fast food industries are largely to blame. The last [...]

By: Gerber Graduates: If the staple doesn’t kill your child, the salt just might | PhD in Parenting

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:15:39 +0000

[...] This doesn’t come as a surprise at all, given Nestle’s (which owns Gerber and Stouffer’s) staunch defense of its sodium-laden Stouffer’s meals as appropriate for young children. [...]

By: Del The Dad

Del The Dad — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:19:10 +0000

Bravo….so do you think this a ‘concerned citizen’ hired by nestle, or a staunch sell out of Nestle. I love how people go onto to peoples comments and start saying what everyone reading should think. Some just don’t realize that people who do not agree with them, may have a mind of their own.

By: Kari

Kari — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:36:26 +0000

The only important thing that I can see that you left out (and to be fair it seems like everybody neglects this issue) is the amount of MSG that is in this stuff. That’s where your high sodium levels are coming from. As you probably know MSG is a highly addictive substance and therefore makes it difficult to even control the amount of servings you would eat. Unfortunately these days it’s been couched and covered up using so many different names that it’s difficult to recognize at first glance unless you have the list memorized.

By: Haley-O (Cheaty)

Haley-O (Cheaty) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:36:01 +0000

I know comments like @concernedcitizen’s (or whatever) sting – no matter how INANE they are. But, I found that comment in particular rather hysterical. I hope you’ll be able to laugh at it, too, at some point. NO ONE HAS A PHD IN PARENTING! That’s the whole POINT! MOST of the world gets that. Also, if there WERE a PHD course that one could take in parenting? I vote for Annie to lead the class. Also? To this post (the more important item at hand)? BRAVO. Really — well done!

By: Jake Aryeh Marcus

Jake Aryeh Marcus — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:51:29 +0000

I understand all three reasons. I am in the same position but use my real name. My phone number is unlisted (has been for many years) and I don’t use the names of my family members in my public writings. I believe that being anonymous makes one less credible. Being both professionally and personally accountable for your writing is important, I think, and you don’t have to be if no one know who you are.

Obviously I respect your work because I link to it. But anonymity gives me pause.

By: phdinparenting

phdinparenting — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:39:52 +0000

@Jake Aryeh Marcus:

There are three reasons I don’t use my last name:

1) I don’t need people like Concerned Citizen calling my house at 3am instead of leaving a comment on my blog.

2) I am trying to participate in a public sphere while still maintaining my family’s right to privacy

3) I am a professional in a field that is unrelated to what I do on this blog. When people search for my full name, I want them to find pages and pages of Google results related to my professional experience, not pages and pages of results with my opinions on circumcision, breastfeeding, infant sleep, and so on. It isn’t that I am embarrassed by those things, but they are not relevant to what a potential client would be looking for and I want them to find information on my professional expertise without having to wade through a bunch of parenting stuff.

By: Un-concerned citizen

Un-concerned citizen — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:06:03 +0000

There is a name for our ‘Concerned Citizen’: Troll. Trolls take the contrarian point of view simply to evoke a reaction. Trolls are always looking juicy topics to flame, usually late at night, like our 3am poster. They don’t even believe their positions, they just cause trouble! If this was a forum, the troll would be banned, but since we are adding constructive comments to a blog,it is best to ignore those that are not.

BTW, I predict a response to this comment.