FOOD FOR THOUGHT DRAGONS, SPIDERMAN & MICKEY MOUSE
SIF GARDARSDOTTIR Holestic Health Coach from Institute for Intergrative Nutrition, Personal Trainer and a Cranio Sacral Therapist
We all try our best for our kids, we try to teach them wright from wrong and we try to teach them what to eat and what to avoid. Our intentions are to send them as strong, healthy and well prepared individuals into the big world. But even though we try our best they tend to misunderstand our kindness and sometimes they are even sure that we are trying to poison them with good and healthy food. Why? I wish I knew why! And on the other hand more and more children are diagnosed with asthma, adhd, allergies, in autism spectrum. About 20% are obese (this number has tripled in the last 20 years) and about 50% are overweight. So what can we do ? Name the food funny names; really popular dishes at my place is batman power bar, Mickey-chocolate-mouse, Dragonjuice. Serve the food in a beautiful way; everybody loves to eat beautiful, funny dish and children are no exeption.
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Be a role model, you have to walk your talk. Do not have junk food in your house, no cookies, no white bread, no chocolatebutter, no sugar coated cereal (can also be hidden inside) Have your kids help out in the kitchen Have cozy-night with vegetable snack and healthy dip Teach them what´s healthy and whats unhealthy, not what makes you fat or not Buy fruits and vegetables and cut them down so it´s easier to grap (you can squeeze lemon in apple for example to prevent them to get brown) Make shakes and put as much healthy stuff as possible in it Smuggle vegetables in food by boiling them and purrée Grow your own vegetables and fruits and have your kids involved in it
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