While many adults turn to healthier lifestyles later in life, Grace has been eating this way from the start.
Shan Cooper garnered widespread attention for feeding her infant daughter, Grace, a paleo diet. Now eight years old, Grace has been raised on a diet rich in fresh produce, eggs, meat, and devoid of processed sugar. Shan shares her healthy recipes on her blog, ‘My Food Religion,’ emphasizing ingredients that are minimally processed.
The Baby Without Refined Sugar
By the time she was 13 months old, Grace’s diet included breast milk, eggs fried in coconut oil, broccoli, potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots, roast chicken, avocado, sauerkraut, fruit, and organic beef, all without refined sugar. For her first birthday, instead of a typical sugary dessert, Shan made her strawberry panna cotta with coconut cream.
In 2015, Shan noted that Grace had only been sick once, attributing her robust immunity to her nutrient-dense diet. “She’s around other kids who are constantly sick, with snotty noses, coughs, and colds, but she doesn’t catch it,” Shan remarked. “It’s not because I shield her from these germs. I believe a nutrient-dense diet gives her a strong immune system.”
