Posts filed under 'Healthy snacks for kids'
Are fruit juices the healthy way to go?
When you think of fruit juice one automatically think of a healthy drink however, here we are referring to factory manufactured concentrate juice. This is what some parents are purchasing for their children under the notion that is the best drink available for children. But, don’t be fooled by pretty packaging and words like natural or fruit juice. Read the label and see how much percentage of it is juice and how much straight up sugar.
Fruit juice consumption has been reduced in the last few years. They are great to drink and are usually sweet but, are they as healthy to drink?
Sneak in Vegetables for a healthy eating diet
I rembember as a kid having my no broccoli moment and my Mom demanding that I eat every morsal of it before leaving the table. It can be a hassel now with my own kids getting them to eat the dreaded spinach, beets or whatever the choice of vegetable is for that day. A heallthy eating diet is necessary to aid in the growing of healthy children. For Women First Magazine came out with an article that spoke about the innovative ways of getting children to eat their vegetables. The expert and author of the book Sneaky fitness: Fun, the fool proof ways to slip fitness into your child’s everyday life, Missy Chase Lupine has some great ideas to get your kids eating their vegetable.
Healthy Snacks for Children
It is no doubt children love eating snacks and that is very normal. Snacks keep children from becoming too hungry at meal time and that will eventually lead to over eating, which tends to lead to overweight. However, the type of healthy snacks for children that would keep them from overeating is one low in fat high in protein, with lots of vitamins and wholesome carbs.
