Healthy Snacks For Adults & Kids

  Today's families are very busy and sometimes have trouble fitting in

one healthy meal yet alone three. In our culture we snack more now

than ever. This is why it is very important for us to choose healthier

snacks over sugary and salty junk foods. Soda consumption for six to

nine year olds has also increased. Where giving our kids a unhealthy

dose of high fructose corn syrup which is almost in everything we buy

that's packaged. This has caused our kids to consume a lot more

calories and get less of the vitamins they need to build a lean

healthy body.

 

  I know what your thinking" well my kids wont eat healthy foods".

There are simple changes you can do to get you kids to eat healthy.

Did you know that to much sugar can cause mood swings?
There are somany benefits to gain from eating healthy.
Most people think that all fat is bad which is not true.

There are bad fats which are saturated and trans fat.
For example butter, hard margarine, and the white fat

that you can see on red meat and underneath poultry

skin. To much of this can cause heart disease. There are also good

fats which are unsaturated fats. There generally from vegetables

sources and some fish like salmon and sardines. The good fats help

fuel the body and transport nutrients around the body and protect

the heart. Here is an easy way to distinguish between good fats and

bad fats. Bad fats and normally solid at room temperature. Good

fats are normally liquid at room temperature.

 

 To get your kids to eat healthy you must also eat healthy and

keep healthy snacks around the house. Encourage them to put there

own healthy snacks in there lunch box. Here are a couple of easy

healthy snacks to prepare. Carrot and apple juice. Your going to

need about 4 apples 3 carrots and a squirt of lemon juice. The

lemon brings out the flavor but its not needed. If you don't have a

juicer just remove the apple core and make puree using a blender.

Then use a sieve(strainer) to separate the juice from the pulp.

Smoothies are also great and easy to make. Freeze the fruit and use

2 cups of thick plain yogurt and a cup of milk.

 

  It only takes a couple of small changes to make a healthy

difference in you life and your child's. Try substituting hummus or

mashed avocados for a spread instead of butter. Cut back the fried

foods and try poaching, steaming, broiling or baking I know its

hard to eat healthy but what i do is just try and put more
healthy foods in than the bad.