Jun

Healthy Eating for the Family Part 1

When it comes to the future health of our children, the media is full of doom and gloom.

By 2050, if things continue the way they are, 90% of our children could be overweight or obese with dangerous fat levels in their bodies that could lead to Type II Diabetes, Heart Disease or Cancer.

Makes depressing reading doesn’t it? But that’s 40 years away; more than enough time to do something about it!

Of course, knowing what food is good for us and our children is one thing; getting them (and us for that matter) to eat it is another matter altogether.

We all know that vegetables and fruit are good for us, yet we have trouble eating our own five a day, let alone getting the kids to eat them.

Vegetables and fruit are packed with vitamins and minerals, are low in calories and tend to be free from fat. Fortunately there are ways of sneaking them into the day that are relatively easy and painless.

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Starting the day with a glass of unsweetened fruit juice (ideally not from concentrate) is an easy way to get one of your five a day. Adding fruit to your breakfast is another one. Either a banana with your weetabix, berries with your porridge or dried fruit with your cornflakes.

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