I want to start off by saying that in no way do I want
children starving. They are growing
bodies and the future of our world.
However, the majority of today’s children are overfed and
undernourished. Many portion sizes are
at least double of what they should be, stripped of nutritional value and over
processed. With low quality food
choices, you definitely want to keep an eye on the portion sizes of your
child’s plate. I don’t recommend that
you constantly tell your child “you are eating too much” or “don’t eat that.” That’s like telling someone not to think of
chocolate cake and then that’s the only thing they can think about. If you constantly tell them those things then
you will be counter-productive with this issue.
Make sure that you are providing food options with a high nutrient to
low calorie ratio. This is going to be
fresh produce such as fruits, vegetables, and berries. If the quality is good, then you don’t have
to pay attention to portion sizes as much.
·
TIP -
Try cutting up an assortment of fresh vegetables and placing them in different
compartments of a muffin baking pan.
Also, place an assortment of fruits and berries in some of these
compartments. Place on the kitchen
counter or coffee table and let your child graze on these food items. You have provided a variety of good food
choices with little effort for your child.
To keep both children and adults from being tempted into bad
food choices, don’t keep tempting food items in the pantry. If it’s not available, then you will be less
likely to eat it. Everyone is going to
eat out of convenience. If there are
cookies in the pantry, then you might bypass the apples sitting on the kitchen
counter. Basically, if you keep bad food
items out of the pantry then you won’t end up treating your child’s stomach
like a garbage can.
No comments:
Post a Comment