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Inculcate
good food habit in children at a young age
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Childhood
obesity
is fast assuming endemic proportions!
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To
inculcate good food habits in children at a young age is just as essential as
nurturing the right values in them.
Swallow
the culture of natural food. Ensure you do,
to bring a quality change to your children's health growth,
emergence and well-being. While
we have all understand about
the
significance of modeling
good
conduct for our
Children,
we time and again forget that even our
eating
habits have a strong sway
on
them. During the first few years of
life, it is very important to meet a child's dietary needs in order to guarantee
correct growth and also to institute a habit of healthy eating.
Gone
are the days when nature's gifts
like
raw vegetables and fruits and nuts were part
of
our way of life, practice and health
diet.
Today almost all young parents due
to their hectic work have little or no
time and have a tendency to overlook
the child's needs.
Studies
have clearly revealed
children of parents falling
under the "food
on
the run" lifestyle
category and a
lot dependent
on
fast-food for
their
daily diet;
have
unwholesome
and
irregular eating
habits and most often have
nutrition related problems. Childhood obesity
is fast assuming endemic proportions.
Child
Specialists, Pediatricians,
Nutritionists, Psychologists, Child development
associations and other like minded
people have expressed their apprehensions
on the growing threat of junk-food
eating, aerated drinks & energy
drinks culture that is catching on in
the midst of the youth. At the same
time there is a rediscovery of the
health payback of traditional foods.
It
is therefore essential that we
become responsive of the dangers that
emerge from current lifestyles and make
a quick return to healthy home made foods. One way to tackle this catch-22
is to get back to our conventional
food and eating habits. Fresh Fruits
and vegetables, nature's own gift, a
nutritious source
of food, beverage and
dietary requirement has all the
answers to bring a quality
change to your children's health, look, emergence and total well-being.
Fruits
and vegetables — NATURE'S BEST FOOD FOR THE GROWING UP
Fruits
encapsulate all the
ingredients for good health and total wellness.
It is one of the best natural sources
of nutrients and a doctor in its own
rights owing to its astonishing
medicinal properties. It has healthy
balance minerals that are important for growth.
Most
of the fruits and vegetables are rich in dietary fibre.
Many of them are
natural antibacterial and anti-viral food. They
strengthen our
immune system.
They
facilitate the
absorption of calcium, iron, and many essential minerals by the body which are
important elements for strong teeth and bones.
They
help detoxify and flush toxins out of the body.
When
Combined
with spices like cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, cloves, cumin, coriander and
turmeric, vegetables are delicious and versatile.
Many
fruits soothe the
digestive system and promotes better metabolism.
Some
natural drink, the
water of tender coconut has
been declared "the world's safest
natural soft drink" for being a nourishing thirst quencher. This sweet
water is rich in minerals, sugars, anti-oxidants and vitamins which
are essential to maintain an excellent
isotonic electrolyte balance.
Fruit
like banana is
traditionally considered a wound healer,
especially effective in preventing
the formation of ulcers,
substitute for skin tonic. Regular
eating of nuts required for health of sensory organs.
Do
set a good example for your
child to copy. Eat healthy. Go for
natural foods.
Do
encourage children to follow
a natural diet rich in iron and
Do
educate children on the
goodness of nature's best foods
'Fruits, Vegetables and Nuts' from an early age.
Do
encourage children to drink
the world's safest natural soft drink,
Tender Coconut Water. Remind them gently
of the consequences of consuming aerated drinks.
Don't
discard the skin of the
most of the fruits and vegetables. They are
healthy, nutritious and delicious & also contain fibre.
Do
encourage weekly oil bath
with natural oils.
Nature
is plentifully endowed with
things that can make a big difference
in our daily life. It can be stated without
doubt that among all the foods of nature, fruits are simply marvelous.
Let's start today with fruit- the
great healer, nourishes and guardian of good health.
Mothers,
are you
listening?
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