Kids Healhy diet

Today; when both parents are working and less time to cook meals at home; kids are more likely to eat junk food outside…

Parents who care for healthy diet needing some guidelines to introduce healthy food in their family meal need to understand that small changes can make big difference.

Don’t expect kids to completely give-up on fast food and start eating healthy meals from day one…

Why healthy eating is so much important?

Healthy eating is important for everyone…It is very important for kids as their growing bodies needs more nutrition which will create a healthy strong foundation for healthy and productive adults in future.

Kids do need lots of carbohydrates as an energy source but if it is from healthy multigrain and fruits and vegetables instead of sugary foods; it will provide much more sustainable energy throughout the day.

Kid required fats too! But if they come from more healthy sources like nuts and vegetables oils they will provide best nourishment for brain and nervous system without increasing their cholesterol (mostly in all animal sources-like meat, poultry and  dairy)which is bad for heart!

Protein is building blocks of body, fish, dairy and lean meat, are some of the best options for all of us including kids.

Fruits and vegetables are richest sources of Vitamin and minerals which are so vital for life, that’s why there is so much stress on eating those.

Healthy eating is also important to prevent childhood obesity which is growing day by day making kid more prone to chronic disease like Diabetes, hypertension heart disease at every early age.

TAKE YOUR TIME…

Know your food…

Get the food facts.

Know how to see hidden fats, sugar and salt in the foods and how to read labels.

Think fresh…

Buy seasonal, local, fresh produce.

Get kids in healthy grocery shopping and meal planning.

Let kids be in charge of their health…let them choose the healthy meal option for themselves.

Few tips to introduce healthy food…

Introduce fruits and vegetables into the week's menus one at a time.

Mix healthy stuff in foods your kids like; tortilla chips with healthy topping of tomato and cheese, apple sticks to dip in their favorite mayonnaise sometimes want be completely rejected by kids.

Introduction of greens in small quantities in favorite soups or dumpling can be a good acceptable change by kids.

Kids won’t mind occasional replacing pepperoni with delicious pineapple and olives on their pizzas.

You can experiment to find ways of serving healthy foods then you can slowly replace the less healthy items once you know kids have started liking their greens and veggies.

Kids learn by observation. If you are eating healthy food without making any fuss; your kids are most likely to try these new healthy foods.

Give kids rewards for trying healthy stuff.

Even if they don’t like those greens at the beginning appreciate them for trying. In this case they are most likely to try new healthy food again.