'Apple likes to inhale Cheetos and they can have one Coke a week': Gwyneth Paltrow insists she allows her children the odd junk food treat

PUBLISHED: 16:39 EST, 28 March 2013 | UPDATED: 16:40 EST, 28 March 2013

She made headlines earlier this month when she revealed that she occasionally avoids feeding carbohydrates to her children.

But Gwyneth Paltrow presents a somewhat more balanced picture in her latest newsletter.

The 40-year-old claimed that although she makes sure Apple, eight, and Moses, six, eat healthy meals at home, when the family goes out the star 'loosens way up on the reigns,' allowing her kids to sample more processed fare.

'It's all about balance': Gwyneth Paltrow, pictured in October, reveals in her latest Goop issue that she occasionally allows her children Apple and Moses to eat junk food

The actress revealed in her new Goop issue that she tried to start her kids off on the right foot nutrition-wise, 'but the lure of Oreos and cotton candy outweighed the lure of carrots and hummus.'

'And that's all part of childhood and I love Oreos too, so I completely understand,' she said.

The busy mother said that while she makes sure to feed her children nutritious meals at home, she allows them the occasional treat.

'They love a brown rice stir-fry but they also love their "Coke of the week"', said the blonde. 'My daughter gravitates toward fresh fruit and raw nuts but will inhale a bag of hot Cheetos at the airport.'

Allowed treats: The 40-year-old says her children love 'their coke of the week' and Cheetos

Free from: Most of the recipes in Gwyneth's new cookbook exclude common allergens like gluten and dairy

'It's all about balance,' added the star.

The star also said she gets creative when she or her family craves something on what she calls the 'restricted food' list.

'I love to find my way around the obstacle. I'm all about finding my way around an obstacle,' said Gwyneth.

The Oscar winner was recently criticised after admitting that she avoids feeding pasta, bread, or rice to her children because she believes carbohydrates are bad for them.

Her decision was based on the fact that everyone in her house - including husband Chris Martin - is apparently intolerant of gluten, dairy and chicken’s eggs.

‘Sometimes when my family is not eating pasta, bread or processed grains like white rice, we’re left with that specific hunger that comes with avoiding carbs,' writes Gwyneth in her new cookbook It's All Good, which is released next month.

The actress devotes an entire chapter to grains but is deeply skeptical about them.

She writes: ‘Every single nutritionist, doctor and health-conscious person I have ever come across . . . seems to concur that (gluten) is tough on the system and many of us are at best intolerant of it and at worst allergic to it.

Dieting couple: Gwyneth says her husband was also found to be allergic to a host of 'surprising' foods

But critics described her as 'foolish,' potentially doing her children harm.

London-based public health nutritionist Yvonne Wake said: ‘I think it’s not a good idea, especially because her children are are thin - I’ve seen pictures of them.

‘Kids need carbohydrate because it gives them glycogen which keeps your brain going.

‘Without it they won’t be able to think straight as their brain won’t be functioning and their thinking patterns will be slow.

Gwyneth has been candid in the past about her exercise and dietary habits, and some believe she is now letting her obsessions filter down to her children.

She has in the past told how she snacks on almonds when she is hungry rather than cave in and have a proper meal.

She spent her twenties on the macrobiotic diet during which time she ate mostly vegetables and beans and chewed her food more thoroughly than usual.

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God she is boring.........YAWN

- me , wherever, 29/3/2013 09:52

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She thinks we care.We don't. What an annoying creature she is.

- t harlow , los angeles, United States, 29/3/2013 09:46

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As soon as they are old enough to be independent they will probably run wild!

- Ally , Ribble Valley, United Kingdom, 29/3/2013 09:43

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Stop talking woman! That hole your digging is just getting bigger

- FiFi , Belfast, 29/3/2013 08:50

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Her PR/handlers saw the looming backlash and told her 2nd tier handlers/PR/publishers to put it out there that the kids could have a coke and cheetos now and then, only for the sake of protecting her future book sales.

- KiwiMeg , Auckland, 29/3/2013 08:33

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Feed them horse like everybody else.

- peter , worthing, 29/3/2013 08:30

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the gluten intolerance is real. i've been getting bad acne since i was around 12. im 21 and i still have it. thankfully a few weeks ago they found out I'm intolerant to gluten, milk and processed sugar. i have stopped eating these things and voila my skin has cleared. instead i eat corn meal products and only sweeten with stevia. you may laugh, but no one has been able to fix my acne and since im 21 it's definitely not normal to still have it.

- MissCheri , Kosice, 29/3/2013 08:11

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Gwynnie is such fun , is she not, imagine having such a fun mum!

- Pooh Bezr , DunnersNZ, 29/3/2013 08:09

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boring food = boring people ...You can eat healthy and have a little bit of junk sometimes too, she is obsessed and her kids will be obsessed and frustrated with food which is not healthy either just like people who eat junk food most of the time....

- lo , here, Italy, 29/3/2013 08:03

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When you "inhale" food it means you eat it really fast!!! Wait till those kids get older and Gwynnie loses her grip on them - young Apple's new moniker will be Cheeseburger

- Cailin deas , Ireland, 29/3/2013 07:44

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