Comment by eulgro

Avoiding ultra-processed food is completely realistic.

It's a question of priorities. If she really wanted to avoid them she would take the time to do so, even if that means working less.

What's unrealistic is expecting everyone to have the drive to do what's necessary to avoid ultra-processed food.

Tangentially, kids will always want to eat what everyone else is eating. If you start feeding them home cooked Golden fish or whatever, people at school are going to judge them, your kids will feel excluded because they won't be eating the same things as everyone else, and they'll end up resenting you somewhat.

For me the challenge here is really how to give your kids healthy food while also not excluding them from the normal kid experience, which, for better or worse, is going to include consuming ultra-processed until the day we have proper regulations.