School and doctor refusing to allow healthy food

Day 6 of the Cleanse
Yesterday's Nourishment:
11:50 AM 1 Quart Master Cleanser: 1 quart warmed water with 6 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, pulp (and seeds), 4 tablespoons Grade B maple syrup - I lessened the maple syrup today - and 1/8 teaspoon cayenne spicy
1:30 PM Ran my first mile in 3 months! 4 miles total, with 3 mile walk and 1 mile run
2:30 PM 1 Quart Master Cleanser
7:00 PM 1 Quart Master Cleanser
Total: 3 Quarts

Moving into the weekend and a lighter, quieter schedule, my body felt like it did not need as much "protection" from the environment. I was drawn to scale down the maple syrup to 4 tablespoons and only wanted 3 quarts, even though I had prepared a fourth. I am feeling the same today; it's 3:00 PM and I've only had one quart of Master Cleanser so far. My energy is off the charts! Last night, I went shopping at Trader Joe's and Whole Foods with my High-Level Assistant Denisse, who, along with her sister, is also cleansing. Denisse has also shifted her entire family into whole, vegetarian and raw food. The other day she told me that when she brought home fresh asparagus, intending to make a soup with them, they never even got as far as the pot, as her daughter pounced upon them and ate them raw! Denisse and I were purchasing the rest of our cleanse "foods," and we ended up spending three hours walking through the aisles at Whole Foods and just talking about food. Neither of us was hungry; we both had tons of energy and we were focusing on how to effectively educate people with all kinds of food choices, no matter what stage they are at in their dietary journey.
I said to Denisse, "Isn't is amazing that we've had no solid food for five days and are so energized, clear and focused?" It's such a misconception that we need so much food to thrive, or even to survive; it's the right foods that we need.
Which brings me to the story that Denisse told me yesterday. She and her sister now send their children to school with homemade guacamole, kale salad, quinoa and all kinds of vegetables and fruits. Their collective children (three in all) can't get enough of these foods. They have been to the farmers markets and eaten vegetables from the garden they planted at home. Denisse and her sister's two sons recently had their lunchboxes returned full, and Denisse was told by their teacher that the boys are required to eat the lunch food supplied by the school. This food consists of yogurt, bagels with cream cheese and the like. By the way, Denisse was cleansing when she had this conversation at the school, and she said it only reaffirmed her commitment to her cleanse even more. She was told that she would need a note from her doctor, and since her kids were not lactose intolerant or did not have specific allergies, that was required; otherwise, they could not eat their home-prepared food and would have to eat the school food.
The story gets ever more interesting. The pediatrician to whom Denisse took her children, and with whom she was completely on the same page with regards to nutrition and children, had left the practice, and she was referred to one of the other pediatricians there. Denisse spoke with the office manager, a friend of hers, who wrote a simple note stating that Denisse's children could bring food from home to school. This person was then fired by the doctor's practice, and Denisse was told by her new pediatrician that she did not support what Denisse was doing and that she supported the school's policy. Denisse said to her doctor, "I'll need my children's records, as I will be looking for a new pediatrician," and she left the office. 
I was extremely upset when I heard this story and my first response was, "This is something we need to get out into the local news." As one of the founders of the Rockland Coalition for Better School Foods and someone who has given talks and workshops within schools to educate children, parents, teacher and admistrators on healthy eating, I am wondering how often this is happening daily in our schools? How often are children their ages (two to five) having their food returned or thrown out unknowingly and given  bagels, cream cheese and yogurt to eat instead? Here is how the food chain works: Children are fed these foods; then they contract repeated colds, flus and resperatory symptoms throughout the fall and winter. They are brought to their doctors, who prescribe multiple rounds of antibiotics, which also lower their immune systems. They continue to eat the foods that lower their immune systems, perpetuating the cycle of sickness and medication. These children become adults, who then contract more serious, chronic symptoms due to lowered immune systems resulting from this cycle of food and antibiotics.
I am compelled to blog about this today in hopes that if this is happening to your children in their schools, that you step up and say no these practices and yes to healthy food for our kids.
Denisse will be seeing a new pediatrician who is known to be an excellent doctor in partnering with her patients, and she is planning to meet with the head of the school this week to say no to this policy and ensure that her children get to eat the foods that nourish their bodies. If this is happening to you, don't walk away feeling there is nothing you can do. We need to educate others; it is the best catalyst to transformation. I suggested to Denisse that she offer to give a talk at the the school to teachers, parents and administration on healthy eating. Who knows what their response will be, but it is certainly a way of turning adversity into possibility, which is what we want to teach our children.