Lots of families have a common problem. The little ones just don’t want to eat what’s good for them! But kids need the correct amount of nutrition every day, especially during those tender years when their bodies and minds are still growing and developing.
So what do you do to help ensure that your kids eat right? Well, there are ways around this conundrum and they’re fun and tasty too! You don’t have to resign yourself to your children thinking that french fries are the only veggie that tastes good. After all, we all know that a diet of french fries and coke won’t make health kids!
Be a Good Role Model – Children copy adult behavior so try to eat as healthy as possible whenever you’re doing so with your kids (and when you’re not as well). If they see you eating what’s good for you, they’ll want to take part too. Be sure both parents – Mom & Dad – are both involved in encouraging the kids in healthy eating.
Get them into the kitchen! Kids have a natural tendency to want to help and teaching them some simple, beginner cooking techniques will not only allow them to be involved, but will also spark their interest and get them excited about eating the nutritious food that they helped prepare!
Take them Shopping – Bringing the kids along on your regular grocery shopping trip is another great way to familiarize them with nutritional foods. By seeing all of the healthy items you’re choosing for the family first-hand, it will help get them become accustomed to what they should and will be eating. They may even make some healthy suggestions of their own!
Stocking the Shelves – When you get home, let the kids help put the groceries away. While they’re stocking items into the cabinets, they’ll check out all the packaging and you can talk to them about how good it all is and why. This will further help them achieve an understanding of the importance of the nutritional value in the foods they’re eating everyday.
Stand Your Ground – Sometimes when it comes down to it, you just have to bite your lip and tell your children they won’t get dessert if they don’t each their vegetables. You’re the parent, and you may have to make your child do what is best for them, even if they don’t want to.
Add Nutritional Supplements – Even if your children eat a very healthy diet, you should still give them quality nutritional supplements to ensure that they are getting the nutrition they need. You should at least give your kids a multi-vitamin, glyconutrients, and phytonutrients.
A balanced diet and a healthy eating plan will help your kids to grow up healthy and strong.
You can get your kids to eat right and with not as much effort as you think. It may just take a little creativity on your part. Combined with nutritional supplements, good exercise and such, healthy eating can ensure that your kids are healthy!
Adrian Adams
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January 28th, 2010 at 2:50 am
Is it possible to keep our kids healthy?
Growth hormones in dairy.
Nitrates in meat.
Pesticides on fruits and veggies.
Mercury in fish…and now in our "green" lightbulbs.
BPA’s in bottles and cups.
Phtalates in lotions.
Lead on their toys.
Melamine in formula.
Poisons seem to be everywhere. Its in the food we eat, the clothes we wear, and the toys we play with.
Does anyone else here ever get overwhelmed with worry about how to keep your kids safe from these things? Is there really any way to protect our kids?
I try to buy organic, wash her clothes before she wears them, buy BPA free, but is it enough?
It seems like everyday I read something about a new harmful chemical I need to worry about. Is he media helping us by letting know about these things, or are they making us worry for no reason? What other things can I do to protect my little girl?
January 28th, 2010 at 7:52 am
Do you feel like a healthy adult? If so do all the things ur parents did for you. If not try new things! Your fine right =)
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January 28th, 2010 at 7:54 am
Actually, our livers and kidneys really do an amazing job of filtering toxins out of our bodies throughout our lifetime. So, most of those things do not worry me.
I do agree with you about the growth hormones, though. I only buy hormone free dairy, and limit the red meat in our house.
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January 28th, 2010 at 7:56 am
I believe things are better than they were 20 years ago. We are more aware of harmful additives & have choices if we don’t like what we see (eating organic rather than mass produced). I do think the media scares many people beyond rational thinking; but for most people it helps them to be well informed.
I think what you are doing is great; don’t be one of those people that go over the top with worry and cause other problems for your daughter. Relax, enjoy her and trust God to help you make the right decisions.
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January 28th, 2010 at 7:58 am
There is no evidence of harm from hormones in dairy.
Nitrates are only in processed meats, not ordinary steaks and burgers.
Pesticides are removed by washing.
Most fish does NOT contain harmful levels of mercury, and it’s easy enough to limit intake of the high-risk fish.
Breastfeeding avoids BPAs in bottles and melamine in formula.
It is not possible to avoid every risk in life. Of course it makes sense to avoid/minimize those risks that we reasonably can … but at some point we have to emerge from our plastic bubbles, unwind the cotton wool wrappings, and get on with our lives.
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