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Healthy Nutrition Guidelines for Kids
Posted on July 20, 2011 | Healthy Nutrition.
Most parents feed their kids with whatever they eat and drink on a day to day basis. Sure, it does sound a lot easier to just give them whatever you have cooked for the whole family. Once children have crossed the ‘being toddler’ phase, mothers usually behave a bit irresponsibly when it comes to their diet. Of course, your kids have grown up but that doesn’t mean you can give them anything and everything to eat. There are a lot of differences in the dietary requirements of adults and children under the age of 5. Therefore, it is important for every mother to know exactly what their children require to be healthy and wise. Here are some tips for mothers to follow so that they can bring up their kids in a healthier way:
They Need Fats
Most people would get a shock of their life if they are told to give their children fatty food. For them, fat is harmful to the body and this notion is true to a certain extent. Adult children can stay away from fatty foods as much as they want but children under the age of 5 must get enough fat to nourish their bodies. However, this does not mean that you are allowed to feed your children with unhealthy fatty foods. Remember, here we are taking about fat that is present in meat, milk, fish and cereals.
Avoid Fiber Rich Foods
Again, the general thought is that fiber is good for our tummies and it is. But, for children under the age of 5, fiber is unhealthy because their tummies can react to it. On the other hand, their small tummies can be filled up with fiber rich food which can stop them from consuming the required amount of calories and nutrients.
Fruits and Vegetables
As we all know, fruits and vegetables are the best sources of vitamins and carbohydrates. Children require a lot of vitamin, starch, sugar and carbohydrates to build up the energy. Make sure you are giving adequate amounts of fruits and vegetables to your child. Fruits such as oranges, apples and bananas must be on the top of your list.
Natural Meals are Best
While the trend of giving energy tonics to children is on the rise, it should be remember that natural food is always better than artificial food. Give your children as much natural food as possible and try to avoid unnecessary tonics and diet supplements.
Purple Vegetables and Fruits Guard Your Youth
Posted on May 10, 2011 | Healthy Nutrition.
Purple vegetables and fruits contain abundant anthocyanins which can effectively resist oxidation, prevent high blood pressure and protect eyesight. The nutritional value of purple food is much higher than that of red food, black food or white food.
According to the medical experts, a large number of anthocyanins are contained in cherry, eggplant and purple grapes. People can moderately increase the intake of the food mentioned above to supplement the nutrient so as to prevent the formation of heart disease and cerebral apoplexy. The nutrient can also defer the aging, prevent cancer and enhance the memory for the human body. The number of purple food is relatively few in our daily life. The food mainly includes dried purple seaweed, eggplant, blueberry, grapes and so on. Eggplant contains abundant vitamin P which can help people decrease the blood pressure and cholesterol. However, the nature of eggplant is cold. People with weak physical constitution should not eat eggplant excessively. Blueberry contains the largest number of anthocyanins among all the purple food.
In fact, purple food does not just have high nutritional value. They can adjust the mood for people at the same time. For example, the unique substances contained in grape peel can resist high blood pressure so as to balance the mental mood for people. At the same time, the grape juice can increase the amount of vitamin E and anti-oxidant inside the blood plasma.
In addition, the purple food can also protect the eyes for the human body. According to the medical research, the free radicals inside the human body can hurt the internal organs to cause excessive oxidation, aging and even death. Anthocyanins can effectively resist the hurt caused by free radicals. The ability of anti-oxidation of anthocyanins is 30 to 50 times higher than that of vitamin C and that of vitamin E. Among all the internal organs, eyes can be most easily hurt by free radicals. Therefore, the experts advise people to increase the intake of purple vegetables and fruits in everyday life so as to prevent nyctalopia, cataract and other eye diseases.
Nowadays, the experts have developed various kinds of purple food for the edible use among people. For example, the food like tomato, carrot and potato in purple have been developed on the market. Therefore, it is convenient for people to supplement anthocyanins for themselves to keep young and healthy by increasing the intake of purple food in daily life.