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The ABC's of Good Nutrition :
Sep 19, 2007
Working your way through the alphabet is one fun way to assure you kids are exposed to the variety of vitamin and mineral-packed fruits and vegetables. Early on, kids learn that the letter "A" is for "apple," but you shouldn't stop there! Continue to work your way through the alphabet for a creative, diverse, alphabet-inspired menu. Here are two good “B’s” to give your grocery shopping list a jumpstart. Why insist your little sprout eat his or her broccoli? Let us count the ways... The eDiets Trim Kids Program is a kid-friendly treatment for overweight children that provides meals and recipes designed for a child’s tastes. Click here to get started. Broccoli is known as the "Crown Jewel of Nutrition" for its vitamin-rich, high-fiber and low-calorie properties.Broccoli not only gives you the best vegetable nutrition available, but also gives you many ways to lead a healthier, longer life.Broccoli helps fight obesity by being a low-fat, low-calorie, highly nutritious vegetable option to any healthy meal plan .Eating lots of broccoli fills you up with the bulk of high-fiber, and without adding extra calories.Broccoli also plays a preventive role in many of the other chronic diseases that come with being obese: diabetes, hypertension and heart disease.In the United States, obesity is a growing concern for both adults and especially children, which is why a healthy well-rounded diet with an exercise program is so critical to follow.Go bananas for bananas!
Bananas contain three natural sugars -- sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber. A banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy.Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout.A banana (with milk) constitutes almost a complete balanced diet with potassium, vitamins and fiber.Bananas are famous for containing potassium, an essential electrolyte that helps improve carbohydrate metabolism by helping the muscles act efficiently.Bananas are rich in folate that helps improve concentration and memory.Bananas give you 17 percent of your daily value of vitamin C, an antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals (harmful waste products) in your body and helps produce collagen, the building block of the connective tissues such as tendons and cartilage that keep your knees strong.
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