Food is the basic requirement of the life. It can be considered as the most required thing for the life. Food provides with the essential energy for the functioning of the body and acts as nutrition. There are many possible types of food habitats in the world. Some are of herbivorous type as they eat vegetables and grains and cereals etc and do not eat any form of flesh or non vegetarian items. Some are non vegetarian food eaters as they have the food consumption in the form of flesh of chicken, mutton and fish etc as well. Non vegetarians are habitual for both types of food habits as they eat vegetables, grains and cereals with flesh. With such food habits, people get their regular supply of nutrition and energy. Each food item has its specific amount of which it should be eaten. More of that amount may cause some trouble in digestion. Normally very few people know about the specific amount of the food one should consume. That is the reason why one must follow specific way of eating the food in which the amount and procedure of consumption need to be understood and should make it like a habit. Here are some tips that can makefood fun:
Allow toddlers to touch and feel their food. This is part of the learning experience and helps develop a positive attitude to a nutritious diet which in turn promotes healthy eating habits.
Children respond to different colours and shapes, so supply them with a mixture of foods in all textures, colours, shapes and sizes.
Use different types of bread to make sandwiches. For example: one slice of white and one slice of wholemeal; wraps; or mini rolls. Offering variety helps children develop healthy eating habits.
A healthy childhood diet should include a variety of fruits and vegetables and the following ideas can help make them attractive to children.
Make a face with salad vegetables on a plate (e.g. cucumber slices as eyes, grated carrot hair, cherry tomato nose and celery mouth). This is fun and can contribute to child’s healthy diet.
For breakfast, always ensure that fresh fruit is available for your child. Healthy eating starts with the first meal of the day. You can add banana, sultanas or apple to their cereal or simply cut up different fruits and serve them in a side bowl.
Fruit and vegetables make healthy snacks for your child’s lunchbox. Snacking on a bag of celery or carrot sticks or a bag of small tomatoes instead of a bag of chips offers children healthy eating alternatives.
Use avocado as a substitute to butter in your children’s sandwiches or dried biscuits and always try to include a vegetable in their sandwiches.
Snack time at school should be exciting for your children. Healthy eating can become a treat if you provide a range of textures and colours in their food. Children respond to new and exciting sensations. Provide them with an assortment of colours such as slices of cheese, apple, carrot, sultanas, watermelon, grapes and strawberries.
Have a visible bowl of fruit available for your children. Healthy eating habits will increase if fruits and vegetables are the closest option available when your children are hungry.
Offer fresh fruit in preference to fruit juice or processed fruit bars.
Children’s healthy eating habits will stem from the subtlest changes in their diet. When they ask for a snack before dinner, offer beans, snow peas or carrot and celery sticks rather than pre-packaged foods.
Offer your children a choice of three or four vegetables with dinner. If they are able to choose the vegetables they are served, they may be less likely to refuse them.
It is important that you introduce a variety of fruits and vegetables from a young age.
Even though it is possible to restore the strength of digestive fire and the process of digestion, at the same time disorders caused by the improper way of food habits, one should always try to follow the proper way of food consumption so that the body should get the necessary nutrition, strength and energy for good functioning and better life.
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