![]() When you are traveling with your family, it may seem easy to fall back on takeout food and processed snacks. But snacking on unhealthy foods during a long fly or drive can reduce your energy levels and leave you feeling tired once you reach your destination. Nutritious treats will help keep your family energized, happy, and healthy on your journey. Always try to create health and tasty snacks for you and your kids to snack on. Here are some ideas for healthy snacks while traveling:
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Eating foods high in added sugars throughout childhood is linked to the development of risk factors for heart disease, such as an increase risk of obesity and blood pressure in children. Overweight children who continue to take in more added sugars are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes. Researches found that children who eat foods loaded with added sugars tend to eat fewer healthy foods, such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains and low-fat dairy products that are good for their health. Children should consume less than 6 teaspoons (25 grams) of added sugars a day, and drink no more than 8 ounces of sugary beverages a week, according to the American Heart Association. Some foods and drinks contain sugar naturally, but added sugars are introduced during processing and preparation, that's why you as a parent should be aware of what you are feeding your kid! How to prevent added sugars from your kids diet?
A short informative video about added sugars: ![]() Water makes more than half of our body weight. Without water, our bodies would stop working properly, and a person can't survive more than a few days without it, because of dehydration. Your body has a lot of important jobs and it needs water to do many of them. For example, your blood, which contains a lot of water, carries oxygen to all the cells of your body. Without oxygen, those cells would die and your body would stop working. Water is also in lymph, a fluid that is part of your immune system, which helps fight off illness. You need water to digest your food and get rid of waste, too. You will lose water by many ways, such as sweating, and urine. But how can you replace water?
This is a good video to show your kids about the importance of water: Iron is an essential nutrient for making hemoglobin, a key component of red cells that transports oxygen throughout the body. When our bodies don't get enough iron, red blood cells be produced adequately, and out tissues and organs will not get enough oxygen; which is necessary for growth and development. If a baby has a deficient in iron, he/she may experience cognitive and behavioral development deficiency. Starting with babies, breastfeeding is great to make sure that babies have enough iron. For the first six months, breastfeeding babies are able to absorb iron from breast milk. Once babies reach 6 months, and they start having solids, their first foods should be iron-fortified. A diet full of iron-rich foods will help to prevent anemia in baby. The recommended dietary allowance of iron for babies between 7 and 12 months is 11 mg per day. Foods that are rich in iron will be: iron-fortifies cereal, dark leafy greens (spinach, kale), apricots, raisins, peas, legumes, lentils, and beans, as well as, red meat. |
AuthorTina Mousa. A Dietetic Student at the University of Kentucky. Archives
November 2016
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