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The Key to Your Kids’ Healthy Life
THE KEY TO YOUR KIDS’ HEALTHY LIFE
Today, more than 95% of all chronic disease is caused by food choice, toxic food ingredients, nutritional deficiencies and lack of physical exercise.”
– Mike S. Adams, American conservative political columnist, writer, author and professor at University of North Carolina Wilmington
Healthy, nutritious food habits are extremely important for kids. Healthy isn’t a goal, it is a way of living! Your child’s body needs the same type of nutrients like vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, protein and fat as an adult body need. The requirement of the specific nutrients varies according to the different ages while they grow up.
You are what you eat, so don’t be fast, cheap, easy, or fake! Investing in early childhood nutrition is a sure-fire strategy. The returns of which is incredibly high and worthy enough.
Here are some nutrition basics for your child that you can easily take care of since an early age:
Grains
Whole grains, oatmeal, brown rice, whole wheat bread, raagi are good as nutrient-dense foods for kids.
Vegetables
Any form of vegetable, fresh, canned, frozen or dried is good for health. Serve a variety of vegetables, ranging from dark green to beans, peas, reds, oranges and starchy. If you are buying frozen vegetables, it is recommended to go for lower sodium-containing packs.
Fruits
Choose fresh, juicy fruits for your kids. Encourage them to drink homemade juices, dry fruits and fresh fruits. However, when these are consumed in excess, they contribute extra calories, to the body so take care of it.
Dairy
Serve your child with fat-free or low-fat such as milk, yoghurt, cheese or fortified soy beverages.
Proteins
Many think that a large amount of proteins are only available in meat, seafood, eggs. This is not true as a vegetarian can get loads of nutrition from beans, peas, soy products, seeds and unsalted nuts. Choose amidst these varieties and give it your kid for a healthy protein-filled diet.
It is recommended to limit your child’s calories from extra sugar and saturated and trans fats. Avoid brown sugar, corn sweetener, corn syrup, honey and others for cutting down the extra sugar. Healthier fats are present in nuts, seafood and limit trans fats by avoiding foods that contain partially hydrogenated oil.
Here are some golden rules that will help you get your children into a healthy happy habit -
Maintain routine
Prepare a stable routine to let your child eat meals and snacks at a fixed time and place. Familiar times and places not only make your child feel relaxed and comfortable but will also help in their food digestive process.
You decide the food
Don’t try to ask them what they want, which might end up in their wrong demands and when they don’t get it, they become cranky. Offer simple and healthy food and if they want some more, give them again.
Slowly introduce new food items
Acceptance of new foods from your kids might be a little tricky. If they don’t eat new food and leave it, remove it without question. But don’t give up. Continue giving it in small portions alongside the future meals. Slowly, your kids will accept it.
Don’t force
Studies prove that force eating makes your child’s food habit worse. So don’t force it, be gentle and kind and reason with them calmly.
Avoid giving chocolate rewards every time
Kids are bent towards rewards and when it is a chocolate, they do a lot of things, which they wouldn’t have done earlier. Chocolates are not bad but having them regularly is also not a good habit. Instead try new books, new games, trips and others.
Practice the religion before preaching
Mealtime is one of the best times when your children might copy you. So eat what you serve them. Children learn more from what parents do, than what parents say!
Allow self-eating
Forget about the mess and let your child start eating on their own at a very early age. This freedom of eating will develop a sense of control and will help them eat more.
Fussy eating is really common in young children. One of the studies proves that 50% of parents label their 19-24-month-olds as ‘picky’. This makes a parent more worried about their children’s dietary habits.
The Key to Your Kids’ Healthy Life
THE KEY TO YOUR KIDS’ HEALTHY LIFE
Today, more than 95% of all chronic disease is caused by food choice, toxic food ingredients, nutritional deficiencies and lack of physical exercise.”
– Mike S. Adams, American conservative political columnist, writer, author and professor at University of North Carolina Wilmington
Healthy, nutritious food habits are extremely important for kids. Healthy isn’t a goal, it is a way of living! Your child’s body needs the same type of nutrients like vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, protein and fat as an adult body need. The requirement of the specific nutrients varies according to the different ages while they grow up.
You are what you eat, so don’t be fast, cheap, easy, or fake! Investing in early childhood nutrition is a sure-fire strategy. The returns of which is incredibly high and worthy enough.
Here are some nutrition basics for your child that you can easily take care of since an early age:
Grains
Whole grains, oatmeal, brown rice, whole wheat bread, raagi are good as nutrient-dense foods for kids.
Vegetables
Any form of vegetable, fresh, canned, frozen or dried is good for health. Serve a variety of vegetables, ranging from dark green to beans, peas, reds, oranges and starchy. If you are buying frozen vegetables, it is recommended to go for lower sodium-containing packs.
Fruits
Choose fresh, juicy fruits for your kids. Encourage them to drink homemade juices, dry fruits and fresh fruits. However, when these are consumed in excess, they contribute extra calories, to the body so take care of it.
Dairy
Serve your child with fat-free or low-fat such as milk, yoghurt, cheese or fortified soy beverages.
Proteins
Many think that a large amount of proteins are only available in meat, seafood, eggs. This is not true as a vegetarian can get loads of nutrition from beans, peas, soy products, seeds and unsalted nuts. Choose amidst these varieties and give it your kid for a healthy protein-filled diet.
It is recommended to limit your child’s calories from extra sugar and saturated and trans fats. Avoid brown sugar, corn sweetener, corn syrup, honey and others for cutting down the extra sugar. Healthier fats are present in nuts, seafood and limit trans fats by avoiding foods that contain partially hydrogenated oil.
Here are some golden rules that will help you get your children into a healthy happy habit -
Maintain routine
Prepare a stable routine to let your child eat meals and snacks at a fixed time and place. Familiar times and places not only make your child feel relaxed and comfortable but will also help in their food digestive process.
You decide the food
Don’t try to ask them what they want, which might end up in their wrong demands and when they don’t get it, they become cranky. Offer simple and healthy food and if they want some more, give them again.
Slowly introduce new food items
Acceptance of new foods from your kids might be a little tricky. If they don’t eat new food and leave it, remove it without question. But don’t give up. Continue giving it in small portions alongside the future meals. Slowly, your kids will accept it.
Don’t force
Studies prove that force eating makes your child’s food habit worse. So don’t force it, be gentle and kind and reason with them calmly.
Avoid giving chocolate rewards every time
Kids are bent towards rewards and when it is a chocolate, they do a lot of things, which they wouldn’t have done earlier. Chocolates are not bad but having them regularly is also not a good habit. Instead try new books, new games, trips and others.
Practice the religion before preaching
Mealtime is one of the best times when your children might copy you. So eat what you serve them. Children learn more from what parents do, than what parents say!
Allow self-eating
Forget about the mess and let your child start eating on their own at a very early age. This freedom of eating will develop a sense of control and will help them eat more.
Fussy eating is really common in young children. One of the studies proves that 50% of parents label their 19-24-month-olds as ‘picky’. This makes a parent more worried about their children’s dietary habits.