Does Your Kid Have a Balanced Diet?

One of the major aspects of good parenting, which is in most parents mind, is to make sure that kids get proper nourishment. I am lucky that my children follow Tolkien’s hobbits and have a minimum of three breakfasts prior to lunch. That makes parenting for me easier and gives me chance to provide proper balance diet to the children daily.

Most of the parents have similar concerns, and are not able to feed children very easily. There are some of my secret nutrition parenting secrets which I would like to share with other parents which will help them keep their kids healthy and happy.

Secret #1- Nutrition is not any kind of secret as all the food jars you buy have the list of nutritional value on the label. This informs you of the details and if your kids are getting the required minerals, vitamins, proteins, fiber and various other requirements or not. Parenting is made much easier when you know the nutritive value of what you are feeding your child. 

Secret #2- Milk is a very essential food and it is also called gods nectar. You will be able to take care of providing a number of nutrients by giving your child a cup of milk with all the meal as it has calcium, vitamins A, D and B12, iron as well as protein. You can also give him other dairy products, like yogurt, cheese etc as an add-on snack or even meals.

Secret #3- Oatmeal and other breakfast cereals contain a lot of fiber, minerals and vitamins. You must give less of sugar cereals, and you can include other things to make the cereal tasty. Fruits can also be had during breakfast as they some like banana are excellent power food. Give them juice, but not too much as sugar can be harmful for the teeth. It is also possible nowadays to give a blend of fruit and vegetable juice which is good for the child and makes your parenting easy.

Secret #4- Include whole wheat bread in the diet of the child and they will not have any problem if parents make them understand.  Typically whole wheat bread, like Dumpsters’ has a lot of nutrition.

Secret #5- There has been a study which suggests that frozen vegetables may be healthier as compared to fresh ones as nutrition is locked when frozen. It does not allow the loss which may occur otherwise, after the vegetables are picked.

Secret #6- You may consider some food as good for snack or add on to a meal but they should be avoided. Dried banana chips are one of them as they are deep fried, and even a small number of them have even more fat than a Big Mac. One rule of good parenting is to find out how food is cooled before feeding it to your children.

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