Nutrition Hacks Your Kids Will Love

It’s that time – again where the struggle becomes real to feed your child.  You might be fretting about whether your child will eat dinner or if they will throw a picky eater’s tantrum yet again. Perhaps too distressing, whether she or he is going to receive exact nutritional needs. And on top of that, one of the top responsibility of being a parent, how to improve eating habits.

Improving your child’s day-to-day nutrition can seem like a daunting task, but if you are feeling stuck, there are numerous nutrition for kids “hacks” that will make eating well so much easier.

Start practicing these habits today and your little ones will start living a healthier lifestyle without all of the moaning and groaning.

Take Baby Steps

The “cold turkey” method is not an optimal way to change your children’s’ eating habits. A sudden and swift shift from consuming frozen pizza and sugary cereals to veggie omelet and chicken is unlikely to go over well. Instead, ease your kids into new eating patterns gradually.

Some ideas can include:

Cutting out gluten during one meal.

Slowly replacing “kid food” snacks with real food, such as graham crackers with sweet potato chips and peanut butter with almond butter.

Adding Flax seeds Oil Into Smoothies, and Juices

Some folks call flax seed one of the most powerful plant foods on earth. Consuming it can reduce your risk of stroke, cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. That’s quite a tall order for such a tiny seed that has been around for centuries.

Flax seed contains Omega-3 fatty acids. It also gives you vitamin B, calcium, beta-carotene, manganese, magnesium, and zinc that are essential minerals needed for good health.

This tasteless and odorless oil can be easily added to a creamy smoothie or freshly squeezed glass of juice.

Get the Kiddos Involved

Who doesn’t enjoy autonomy? Get your children involved in the fun and healthy eating choices you’re starting to make. You can get them to participate in a number of ways, such as:

• Let them help you write your food shopping list
• Have a family meeting where you discuss and set goals for healthy eating
• Recruit their helping hands when you’re cooking
• Let them choose snack selections of the healthy foods you are putting in their lunch

Adding Probiotics Powder to The Drinks

These living microorganisms provide a myriad of health benefits when consumed, generally vastly improving or restoring flora in the gut. This friendly bacteria can help your kids in a number of ways. If your son or daughter is detected with an ear infection or diarrhea that asks for antibiotics, then taking in Probiotics will help in lessening the signs of disease. Additional research also suggests that probiotics can boost up the gut power, oral health, and control eczema.

Other medical illnesses that can benefit from kids taking probiotics include:

• Irregular Bowel Syndrome
• Diarrhea
• Crohn’s disease

Sprinkling Ground-Crushed Flax seeds On Top Of Meal

Many children crave the taste of oatmeal. Capitalize on this nourishing food by lacing it with flax meal. This ingredient is super full of fiber and consists all the nutrients of flax seed oil, such as Omega 3 fatty acids, calcium, Vitamin B and other necessary minerals.

To get the recipe right, follow 1:2 ratio by adding flax seeds to coconut sugar, then sprinkling it on top of your oatmeal.

Make An Almond and Peanut Butter Grilled Sandwich

We mentioned this before, but it’s worth saying again: substituting peanut butter for almond butter is a better way to add nutrition to your child’s day.

Almond butter offers excellent antioxidant action from Vitamin E and contains a generous amount of magnesium, which promotes the flow of blood, oxygen, and nutrients throughout the body.

Almond butter is a better in comparison to peanut butter because it contains fewer pesticides. Whereas peanut butter turns defenseless to molds and creates harmful fatty acids. Yikes!

Teach Them

You are the principal role model and educator in your kid’s life when it comes to an active and healthy lifestyle and nutritious diet. You lead by example by eating a well-balanced diet yourself and nourishing YOUR body with real, whole foods. Your children are bound to take notice.

Don’t be scared to explain to them why they need certain types of food in order to stay healthy. Your kids may not like your idea, but kids are like sponges when it comes to absorbing information. Some examples you can discuss with them are:

• Spinach is a super food that makes you strong!
• Protein helps to keep you feeling fuller between meals and also helps to build muscle
• Sugar makes you tired and cranky
• Water helps your tummy to feel good
• Interject these little lessons throughout the day to really make them stick.

Add Some Color

If your kid’s breakfast is typically eggs and bacon, it’s time to take their meal to the next level. Consider swapping out the bacon and adding spinach, red onions, pepper, avocado, and broccoli.

Kids love the color, so jazz up any old meal with a hardy serving of vibrant veggies.

Find Kid-Friendly Recipes

If your children love tacos, use turkey instead of ground beef. If they are pizza obsessed, opt for a whole wheat crust. Utilizing the meals they already love will make the transition to eating healthier a lot easier.

Add Cauliflower to Mashed Potatoes

This becomes a new family favorite! Cauliflower is a nutrition powerhouse and is packed with key vitamins and minerals including Vitamin C, folate, and potassium.

Cauliflower has lots of healthy perks, including its high in fiber, a great source of antioxidants can aid in weight loss, and is a low-carb alternative to grains or legumes.

Making Pasta and Pizza Sauce By Mixing Organic Spinach

Get a  ½ cup of organic frozen spinach. Add it into the blender and churn it. Later, it will turn in coarse crumbs without changing the texture.

Spinach is an excellent source of Vitamin A, Vitamin C, and is full of antioxidants.

Getting your kids to eat right can be tricky at first, but with sneaky hacks and a lot of education, they’ll start consuming nutritious and delicious food in no time at all!

Conclusion

If you as a parent use the above guides, then it is hoped that your kids will be good eaters. They will be less picky and fewer tantrums as well. But the process should be slow and step by step and should not be thrust on them. It is important to observe their reactions carefully so as not to annoy them. It also needs a certain amount of patience. In fact, patience is the key.