Child Nutrition
Healthy Beverages for Kids Equal Healthy Kids -- It's a cultural phenomenon - in school and homes around the country in the past few years, kids have started drinking soda instead of milk and natural juices on a routine basis. Sodas - basically colored, sugared water - have replaced far more nutritional alternatives almost exclusively with some children and teens, contributing not only to an increase in childhood obesity but to a much greater incidence of childhood caries (cavities in teeth).
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What Are You REALLY Feeding Your Kids? -- It's easy when packing lunch boxes and fixing after-school snacks for children to reach for the most convenient pre-packed option - especially as they tend to be cheap, available in bulk, and undeniably fast, requiring little or no preparation time. But do you really know what's really in the 'child-friendly' foodstuffs available on the market today?
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Halloween Candy Overload? New Solutions for Handling the Halloween Haul -- Kids just love Halloween--the costumes, the parties, the pumpkins and, most of all, the candy! Parents, too, love the costumes, parties and pumpkins. But few parents look forward to all the problems caused by their child's yearly Halloween candy haul! The good new is that while parents will never look forward to seeing those bulging sacks of treats coming into their home, Halloween really doesn't have to create conflict and worry.
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A High Fiber Diet Makes for a Healthy Childhood -- In a recent article published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, a study at Penn State shows that more than 3 out of 4 preschoolers eat too many processed foods. Consequently, researchers believe they may have an added risk of digestive problems and heart disease when they grow up.
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Protein Rich Foods -- Proteins are essential nutrient for the development of the body. The digestive juices in your stomach and intestines break down the protein into amino acids. The Amino acids contributed by proteins is used by cells to build new proteins and repair the bones and muscles. They help in cell maintenance and repair.
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Children's Eating Habits: Who is to Blame? -- Parents often teach their children very poor food habits. For example, during a busy morning when everyone is running late, there is little time to think about making and eating breakfast, although it is the most important meal of the day. So parents will skip the children's breakfast and tell them to eat well at lunch when they are at school.
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Cooking: Picky Dinner Eaters -- If you are like most parents, you probably have one small member in the family who sits at your dinner table and squirms at the thought of eating the foods that you prepare. He is easily recognizable by the repulsed look on his face after you serve him one of the family's favorite recipes and insists on playing with his food rather than ingesting it. The other family members eagerly eat your delicious dinner yet this child refuses to eat what is served or does so only with prodding and persuading.
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Organic Lunch Goes Back to School -- In the middle of a long day of studying at school, your child needs a good nutritious lunch. Here's how you can provide optimum nutrition, support your child's health, and help the environment, too.
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Healthy Muffin Recipe -- Sweet treats for kids that are also healthy can be hard to come by, healthy treats that the kids actually like even harder. This recipe has been tried and tested by a part of the blogging community all around the world and as far as I can tell has been universally a hit with kids and parents alike.
**Article includes recipe for Yogurt & Oat Muffins.
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DON'T Drink Your Calories in Soda Pop -- If you drink soda pop, especially the caffeinated kind, it could kill you. But most especially, it can go right after your kid's health. Pop gives the average teenager approximately 12.5 teaspoons of refined sugar a day. It works out to that much more than what our US government has determined people need in unrefined sugar per day.
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