Help Your Children Get Healthy

August 17, 2006

by Victoria

Here are some suggestions to get your children on a

healthier road:

1. Replace all sugar cereals with whole grain cereals. Do

not buy the expensive, sugar laden products and feed them

to your children for breakfast. Make a bowl of oatmeal for them. Sweeten it with a little raw honey. Or give them a yummy fruit salad. Chop up an apple, banana, some berries (frozen is fine) and sprinkle on some chopped nuts. My four year old loves this breakfast and maybe your child will too.

2. Get rid of all "white flour" products in your house.

White flour is sugar's close cousin. It is completely

deficient of nutrients. It will cause a sharp rise in

blood sugar and then a drop which brings on fatigue.

Replace white flour breads with whole wheat and better

yet, get sprouted whole grain bread which has no flour.

There are a few brands on the market now and they are delicious. Sprouted whole grain toast with some butter or nut butter is another quick meal to make in the morning.

3. Stop buying sodas, pop and other beverages that are a

waste of money. Soda does not hydrate the body and in

fact, it dehydrates the body. The only drink that will

hydrate the body is water. If your children want a sweet

drink, make them some FRESH juice. Invest in a juicer and

start making some REAL juice for your children. I don't

know of a kid alive that does not like fresh juice. Get

them involved. Take them with you to the store and ask

them which juices they want to try. Wean them off the

sodas and stop buying them. You will save enough money in

a year to buy two juicers! Juices are high in sugar, so

it's also a good idea to dilute most of your juices

50/50 with pure water, especially if they have weight

issues -- as so many children do today.

4. If your children like peanut butter, try other nut

butters and buy it fresh ground or the kind that does not

have added sugar, or hydrogenated oils. Almond butter,

cashew butter and other nuts butters are healthier and

your children will like them. They may be different at

first, but change is good.

5. Get rid of all snack foods that contain hydrogenated

oils. That means that you won't be buying ANY boxed foods anymore because it is difficult to find boxed foods without some kind of hydrogenated oils. Hain does have some, but most contain white flour as well. Stop using margarine and shortening. Replace it with real butter and organic coconut oil in baking. Use Rumford baking powder and get rid of baking powder that contains aluminum. Use date sugar, fruit juice or sucanat in baking instead of "white death" (sugar).

Here are a few quick snack ideas:

a. A healthy dip, or nut butter and some raw crunchy vegetables.

b. Avocado in a whole wheat or corn tortilla with a dash

of sea salt.

c. Slices of organic raw cheese and some sour fruit

d. A fresh glass of fruit or vegetable juice

(These are the snacks that my kiddies like but do prepare

the whole foods snacks that your family likes).

Keep in mind that the habits your children learn now stay

with them for a lifetime. Remember that the next time you

feel like giving into them when they whine and complain

about having to eat another "healthy" meal. You know what

is best for them and it is your responsibility to

encourage them to make whole food and healthy choices.

Don't give in and give them junk just to shut them up.

There will be times when it is impossible to feed them a healthy meal. They may be at a birthday party or other special event and in that case, it is okay to give in. But for the majority of the time, you must push the healthy foods on them whether they like it or not. Their very lives will depend on it.

The coward believes he will live forever If he holds back in the battle, But in old age he shall have no peaceThough spears have spared his limbs Stanza 16 of the Havamal (the Sayings of Har) from the Poetic Edda

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