They Grow So Fast!
Today on children’s day Let team Be-Fit give some guidelines regarding food and nutrition for your children.
Nutrition that must include in diet :
- Protein alternatives such as milk & other dairy products, nuts, eggs, legumes , tofu and paneer.
- Young children have high-energy needs and a small stomach. You should include a mixture of refined and unrefined (wholegrain) cereals and a variety of energy-giving foods in your child’s diet.
- Iron to prevent anaemia. Make sure your child eat those leafy vegetables and not throwing behind your back. Use form of juices and smoothies to maintain iron intake.
- Combine foods containing vitamin C with foods that are high in iron. For example, offer an orange with baked beans on toast. Vitamin C enhances the absorption of iron.
- Encourage your child for sports. It will not only help as circular activities but it will help to grow their bone density and body mass.
- Child obesity, diabetes pcod ,low concentration, low eye vision, depression. These issues are very common nowdays to avoid that introduce them with outdoor games at very small age. maximum sun exposure is also helpful to maintain vitamin D level which help for calcium absorption.
- Make sure their diet consist necessary fat like homemade ghee, (malai) or refined oil.
- Seasonal fruit one a day. Raw fruits have high nutrition value than juices. Avoid readymade juices they have high sugar give homemade fresh juice once with morning breakfast
- Understand what foods need to be substituted in the diet as energy, protein and vitamin sources may need to be ‘topped up’.
- Encourage your child to eat a wide variety of foods. Alternate wholegrain and refined cereal products.
- Combine lower energy vegetarian foods, such as vegetables, with higher fat foods: for example, vegetable fritters.