Parents are responsible for putting healthy foods into the kitchen and leaving the unhealthy foods at the store.
- Parents, lead by example. Parental participation plays a vital role, since parents have a strong influence on the food selections of young children and family members.
- Boost immune system by adding more raw fruits and vegetables.
- When the family gets hungry just before dinner time, cut up sticks of celery, red bell pepper, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, raw broccoli or the raw veggies they like and serve it with some homemade hummus or avocado pear dip.
- Have bowls of raw fruit, nuts, seeds and unsulphered, unsweetened dried fruit readily available on the kitchen counter.
- Encourage and teach children to drink water, water, water! This lays a great foundation when they get older
- When mucus is present in the body, control intake of milk and dairy products.
- Keep the treaty sweety snacks for the weekend – try to eat good natural, wholesome foods and snacks during the week.
- What fat have you fed your child’s brain today? Never mind your own? Make sure family members are getting in the right amounts of Essential Fatty Acids!
- Keep the unhealthy stuff out of the house – avoid being tempted. If you have it the family will want it.
- Avoid high-calorie foods such as soft-drinks/soda’s, candies and desserts.
- Avoid eating out too much.
- Get the family moving. Especially during winter months. Get into a daily habit of going for a brisk walk or bike ride. When you get your children exercising, you are helping them make deposit’s of bone into their “bone bank” and maintain their weight.
- Eating junk food occasionally is still okay, but if it is a regular habit, you need to look at ways to break the habit.
- Expose your children to as many foods as possible. This helps a child not to be a picky eater.
- Parents, take control
- Buy raw almond butter or unsweetened peanut butter
- Buy jams that are sweetened with fruit juice and not sugar and fructose corn syrup.
- Choose breakfast cereals with a low sugar content
- Replace artificial sweeteners with Xylitol and Stevia or natural, raw honey
LIMIT THE FOLLOWING FOODS
- Refined sugar found in cakes, cookies and white bread – as Dr Ann say’s “The great whites”. These deplete the body of vital nutrients and the body has to produce more insulin to cope with it.
- Salt, found in canned and processed foods, chips and crisps – too much salt is associated with high blood pressure.
- Hydrogenated fat in margarine, sausage, processed meats and convenience meals – these interfere with metabolism of some EFA’s and can cause high cholesterol in toddlers
- Caffiene – large doses cause excessive excretion of calcium and magnesium, both important for strong bones.
- Additives, preservatives, colorants, chemical etc… in food. The bugs don’t even eat them, then why do we?