4/28/07
Keep your Kids Healthy by Taking Care of What They Eat
Author: Groshan Fabiola
Due to the tempting foods which are produced nowadays our kids get to be overweight and even obese as time goes by. After that in the blood the level of cholesterol will increase and will cause a lot of problems to the children now or during adulthood.
All these inconvenients can be resolved if the child looses some weight by keeping an active lifestyle and a proper diet. As parents it is our responsibility to take care of them meaning that we must make sure that they eat healthy food, not junks and they understand why it is necessary to give up their old eating habits.
Children need an example in order to understand and follow a right diet. If you keep a healthy diet and so does the whole family then the child will surely adopt this diet too.
When cooking you must take care to prepare a variety of foods in order to achieve all the needed vitamins for your body.
For example at breakfast which is considered to be the most important meal of the day you can serve cereals and whole grain breads. Yoghurts and cheese are recommended along with fruits. Fruit juice is good but a whole fruit is better as it contains more fiber.
At lunch you can prepare a sandwich out of whole grain bread or rolls. Also make a soup and stew. Do not forget about the fresh fruit after the meal.
When preparing a sandwich be sure to use low fat meats, like chicken or turkey. Also add a salad, and fat free sour cream as a dressing. Another type of sandwich is that stuffed with vegetables, low fat cheese and chicken leftovers. A tuna salad is great. You can cut onion, green peppers, carrots and celery and add it along with low fat mayonnaise and then add the tuna. When preparing a turkey sandwich in order to make it tastier mix cranberry sauce and fat-free mayonnaise and add it to the sandwich. For those who miss childhood put peanut butter and old fruit jelly on two slices of bread. Rye bread can be served with low fat cheese and slices of ham along with honey mustard. You can always add tomato slices too all kinds of sandwiches in order to make them tastier.
Children love diversity in foods and love taking a snack between the meals. Try different combinations of fruits and vegetables and you will see you child will be happy. Try combining fruits like cranberries, strawberries, pineapple chunks and raisins into yoghurt. Another successful combination is apple slices with peanut butter or apple juice and bananas.
From the vegetables you can pick carrot sticks, backed potato with cheese, and celery stick with peanut butter.
All the products that you use must be fat free: the mayonnaise, the cheese and even the yoghurt.
As a desert you can serve frozen yoghurt with fruits, sorbet and sherbet and juice bars. Other attractions for the little ones are rice cookies, sunflower seeds, roasted peanuts, and low fat pita chips.
For greater resources on cholesterol please review http://www.cholesterol-info-guide.com/low-cholesterol-diet.htm or http://www.cholesterol-info-guide.com/cholesterol-levels.htm
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Author: Groshan Fabiola
Due to the tempting foods which are produced nowadays our kids get to be overweight and even obese as time goes by. After that in the blood the level of cholesterol will increase and will cause a lot of problems to the children now or during adulthood.
All these inconvenients can be resolved if the child looses some weight by keeping an active lifestyle and a proper diet. As parents it is our responsibility to take care of them meaning that we must make sure that they eat healthy food, not junks and they understand why it is necessary to give up their old eating habits.
Children need an example in order to understand and follow a right diet. If you keep a healthy diet and so does the whole family then the child will surely adopt this diet too.
When cooking you must take care to prepare a variety of foods in order to achieve all the needed vitamins for your body.
For example at breakfast which is considered to be the most important meal of the day you can serve cereals and whole grain breads. Yoghurts and cheese are recommended along with fruits. Fruit juice is good but a whole fruit is better as it contains more fiber.
At lunch you can prepare a sandwich out of whole grain bread or rolls. Also make a soup and stew. Do not forget about the fresh fruit after the meal.
When preparing a sandwich be sure to use low fat meats, like chicken or turkey. Also add a salad, and fat free sour cream as a dressing. Another type of sandwich is that stuffed with vegetables, low fat cheese and chicken leftovers. A tuna salad is great. You can cut onion, green peppers, carrots and celery and add it along with low fat mayonnaise and then add the tuna. When preparing a turkey sandwich in order to make it tastier mix cranberry sauce and fat-free mayonnaise and add it to the sandwich. For those who miss childhood put peanut butter and old fruit jelly on two slices of bread. Rye bread can be served with low fat cheese and slices of ham along with honey mustard. You can always add tomato slices too all kinds of sandwiches in order to make them tastier.
Children love diversity in foods and love taking a snack between the meals. Try different combinations of fruits and vegetables and you will see you child will be happy. Try combining fruits like cranberries, strawberries, pineapple chunks and raisins into yoghurt. Another successful combination is apple slices with peanut butter or apple juice and bananas.
From the vegetables you can pick carrot sticks, backed potato with cheese, and celery stick with peanut butter.
All the products that you use must be fat free: the mayonnaise, the cheese and even the yoghurt.
As a desert you can serve frozen yoghurt with fruits, sorbet and sherbet and juice bars. Other attractions for the little ones are rice cookies, sunflower seeds, roasted peanuts, and low fat pita chips.
For greater resources on cholesterol please review http://www.cholesterol-info-guide.com/low-cholesterol-diet.htm or http://www.cholesterol-info-guide.com/cholesterol-levels.htm
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For greater resources on cholesterol please review http://www.cholesterol-info-guide.com/low-cholesterol-diet.htm or http://www.cholesterol-info-guide.com/cholesterol-levels.htm
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