Get Your Kids Eating Healthy Food
Posted by admin in Healthy Food on June 14, 2011
One very common complaint that parents these days have is that their children aren’t eating healthy food. It’s a big issue when you look at the food kids ARE eating . . . chemical and fat laden junk. If you want your little ones to take an interest in something besides fish sticks and macaroni with cheese, it’s time for some drastic measures.
This article is not about hiding food from your child. It’s about helping them to realize the true value of healthy food. You might be surprised at how well your children take to new foods when you use the right techniques!
Start Slow
Even one heaping spoonful of green beans can be overwhelming to a small child. Rather than overwhelm them with a new food, just place one or two pieces of the food on their plates. There’s no need to force your kids to eat a whole bowl of lima beans. Getting just one down their throats is a huge accomplishment and they`ll feel successful after just one or two nibbles.
Make It Small
There`s a reason the Japanese bento lunches are so popular. They incorporate many foods, but in small portions. Kids love to have choices. While you don’t need to invest in special containers, you can certainly present food in small portions. Try placing several different foods in small muffin cups or in ramekins. When faced with an array of foods, kids will tend to test them. Read the rest of this entry »
Five Easy Ways to Prepare Healthy Food For Work
Posted by admin in Healthy Food on June 14, 2011
Did you know that the two most common reasons for not losing body fat are not preparing your own food and struggling to find motivation to exercise? Whilst both are critical to any fitness regime both can be easily rectified with a little bit of planning!
This article seeks to address the nutrition side of the failure to achieve results. The truth is that nutrition is much more of a barrier than people think. Many believe that simply “doing a bit more exercise” will solve the problem but in nearly every case it won’t!
It seems everyone you meet these days has a high-pressured, desk-bound office job, so the problem of finding time to prepare food continues to grow exponentially.
The convenience of junk food outlets and even salt and fat-laden sandwich shops only serves to compound the problem as there is even less incentive to find out how to make healthy food for the day ahead.
The problem is something of a vicious circle because the more stress increases, the more a person is panicked into trying to ram more into their day to keep up.
This leads to less eating time and less nutrients which encourages the production of stress hormones such as cortisol, a by-product of the body’s survival mechanism. This is triggered by various events including lack of nutrients which are used to keep internal systems functioning. Read the rest of this entry »