10 ways to teach children to proper nutrition

Sometimes it seems that children instinctively choose high-calorie, salty foods or sweets, but with the right approach they can easily "switch" on the right balanced diet. Dietitians believe that children need and, most importantly, love to eat healthy food. Well, when the correct diet is laid in childhood. The children which, taking from the chest, was transferred to fruits and vegetables, not baby food, more willing to eat healthy as adults.

Baby food should not be a composite, quite mashed, puree of banana. It's never too late to teach a child to eat healthy.

Children need plenty of fruit and vegetables (5 servings a day) foods rich in starch (bread and pasta from durum wheat, rice and potatoes), moderate amounts of dairy products and protein. But we should not be obsessed with the idea of a healthy diet, if 75% of Your diet consists of the right foods, then it is a guarantee of health. So, what will it take to teach children to proper nutrition?





Yourself eat right.

Studies show that when parents eat fruits and vegetables, then the probability that their children will prefer the same menu increases. In the study on cancer found that regular meals at a certain time, leads to a more balanced diet in children and more frequent consumption of vegetables.

Develop an interest in children to eat new foods.

For children it is natural to arrive at the comfort zone, but we as parents must expand their horizons. Type one new product during the meal and do not get angry if the child ate it all. Studies show that a child needs 6 to 10 times to try a new product before it determines taste.

Turn eating into a fun pastime with positive associations.

Show your creativity in creating colorful pictures of the products, for example, train or smiling faces. Small children are willing to taste almost anything if they like how it looks.

Introduce the child to the buying process.

Ask the child to choose vegetables and fruits to your taste and compliment his choice. Attract the child's attention to the discussion of colors, shapes and textures.

're gonna cheat.

If Your child will better withstand the battle with the snakes than eat the vegetables, add grated zucchini or carrots to burgers or meatloaf. Make a cocktail with the addition of carrot or other vegetable juice.

Add a sweet taste.

Studies show that some children have a genetic predisposition to dislike light bitterness present in some vegetables. Scientists believe that this is due to the return of memory to the evolution, when children are born in the wild, refused to bitter tastes as great was the probability that this food is poisoned. Try to fry vegetables for a touch of natural sweetness (e.g., potatoes, sweet corn, carrots). Vegetables such as carrots or parsnips can be sweetened with honey or maple syrup, and broccoli and cauliflower can be served with sweet or sour sauce.

Create the effect of umami, quality, characteristic of glutamate-rich foods such as soy sauce, tomatoes, Parmesan cheese and mushrooms. Add tomatoes to the couscous kusu or Parmesan to the pasta makes the food more appealing.

Take care of healthy snack.

Make sure that Your house is a healthy alternative to unhealthy food, such as cereal, low fat yogurt, carrot sticks, dried fruit or crackers.

Cook together.

Children usually love helping in the kitchen, which in turn is a good incentive to try something new. Make the pizza with vegetables and tomato filling, bake a fruit pie.

"Watch your words", psychologists suggest watching the families during a discussion of their diet. Give children a practical and positive tips such as "bananas will give you more strength", instead of utter abstract phrases, such as "is useful". And don't transfer your fears about eating, don't discuss diets for children there should be no "bad" foods.published
 

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