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| 8 tips to get your kids to eat healthie |
"I do not lust!" Or, "IEH! What is this? "Your child looks at his or her plate as if something very nasty is. Here we go again! After a deep breath, you hear yourself saying, "If you eat your plate nicely empty then ..."
Recognizable? Do not worry. In almost every household happens that children prefer sweets than healthy eating. It does not matter if they have never had before a candy, they stop without mugs in their mouths. Of course there are young fine culinary delicacies, but also for children with a less refined taste there is hope . How?
Read these eight tips for more fun at the table and rest your head. Because you know that your child is getting enough healthy foods.
1.Set a good example
Children copy their parents' behavior. This also applies to eating behavior. If you have a healthy attitude towards food, chances are that your child will take over from you. Show that you enjoy the food and tell them that eating healthy is very important. So the first question to yourself: how is your "relationship" with food?
2. Explain why healthy eating so good for you
Do so in a way that appeals to the imagination. Compare the body, for example, with a car. In a car you do fuel to drive. If you're doing something else, then the car gets problems. If you put things that are bad, like sugar, there's all black smoke from the exhaust or the engine is running firmly. And you put nothing in, then the car drives altogether. You can also compare the body with a plant that requires significant materials to run properly. Challenge your child to identify which foods are not good for the engine or factory and what it does. So they are aware. Also you give them the feeling that they understand very well themselves, because they can tell you which foods are good and which is wrong.
3. Have patience, realizing that taste buds must develop
Especially in small children, the taste buds are still developing. The first fruit snack might cause a face, but the tenth anymore. Taste should be built. On average, a taste will not be recognized or accepted after tests ten times . Start with mild flavors such as pumpkin, zucchini, cucumber, string beans, carrots, green beans, peeled tomatoes and peas. Then gradually build up to more pronounced flavors.
4. Involve children when buying and cooking
Give children a role in the 'food process. Take them with shopping and let them help choose. Smell in the shop together with the vegetables and tell what it is. Identify the specific properties. Challenge them to think out about possible combinations. Be positive about food and show that the water you walk into the mouth. Reinforce the story of food by looking together at what is good for the 'engine' and what not. Let them think for themselves and do not chew answers.
5.Present the food nicely. Make it a party!
Let your child help by presenting the food creatively. Do not put too much on the plate, which can ensure that your child is literally a mountain dread will see the sign to eat empty. Or to start there anyway. Experiment with herbs and find out what they like. Question: "What do you think good is this food?" If necessary, you give them a teaspoon of herbs that they themselves can 'throw' about the food.
6. Spread the eating occasions throughout the day
Many parents worry whether their child is getting enough nutrients. Spread therefore eating occasions throughout the day, it does not essentially comes down to supper. Start with a good breakfast with your child. Breakfast you do not, you do not give a good example (see tip 1). Give your child especially in the morning varied and ample fruit. And give them some raw vegetables, a shake of greetings and pieces of fruit to school. If you did not already, your child will possibly resist and then: continues! Really! It is equally difficult, but see it as an investment. Eventually, your child does not know better and it is a healthy eater.
7. Set the test rule
Agree: food is never dirty. That is not kind to those who are or have done her best to cook something delicious. You can give an example: "If you have baked cupcakes and we say, IEH bah !, then you find that may also not like it." Also Agree that all new things have a fair chance to taste them . Bring the funny example by saying: "Welcome Asparagus" To which the asparagus replies: "Hi, I'm Asparagus and I'm good for you. There are a lot of vitamines and minerals in my pocket, you feel fine. Join in and let me tell you about the taste. And do they relate to your children, taste, smell the and even feel. A carrot feels smooth, a floury potato.
8.Provide a transition from 'bad' to 'good'
In one day change is undoubtedly ambitious towards a healthier lifestyle, especially if you have kids (and you!) Are used to 'bad' foods. Start with a combination of error and is well often smarter. They slowly get used to different food. The book " Natural and healthy (at) FEEDING ' Julia Kang you can help here well. There are many combinations of error well. For example, banana sprinkled with (bio) chocolate sprinkles and freshly grated coconut. Or a fruit salad pieces of apple and pear with raisins and cinnamon. The combinations are also suitable for lunch. Transitioning from failure to properly can also fine to opt for the organic version.