Nutrition Resources
Our brains require sufficient nutrition to function normally. Sometimes it’s not easy to choose and prepare the healthier, nutrient-rich foods that our brains need. Just remember - start small, keep it simple and know that your child will most likely have more academic success, better sleep, improved mood and well-being and increased immunity with proper fuel.
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Easy Healthy Snacks
Make your mornings easier by packing a week’s worth of fruit & veggies in individual snack bags on Sunday nights. Read labels together and try to avoid highly processed (lots of ingredients you can’t pronounce!), pre-packaged snacks.
ReThink Your Drink
The American Heart Association recommends that children consume no more than 24 grams of added sugars per day. Many juices and drinks aimed at children exceed this amount in a single serving. Swap out the juices, sports drinks and sodas for WATER. You can jazz up your child’s water with a splash of fruit or a squeeze of lemon. A Gatorade has the same added sugar as 4-5 cookies (over 34 grams). Don’t waste your daily sugar allotment on a drink!
Stock Up on Healthy Foods
Keep the fridge and pantry stocked with healthier choices: fruits, veggies, whole grain crackers, cheese sticks, popcorn, and yogurt. Kids will eat what is on hand! Only buy chips and sweets on occasion. Make healthy snacking a habit!
Healthy Meal Planning
Get the kids involved in the meal planning! Ask them to choose and help cook healthy meals. Or challenge them to choose, shop and cook an entire healthy meal for a certain dollar amount - with the offer that they can keep any money not spent for themselves. They’ll learn meal planning, budgeting and cooking - all great life lessons!
ReThink Your Drink
The American Heart Association recommends that teens consume no more than 24 grams of added sugars per day. Many sodas and coffee drinks aimed at teens exceed this amount in a single serving. Swap out the coffee drinks, sports drinks and sodas for WATER. You can jazz up your child’s water with a splash of fruit or a squeeze of lemon. A Caramel Frappuccino has the same added sugar as 5-6 cookies (over 45 grams). Don’t waste your daily sugar allotment on a drink!
Stock Up on Healthy Foods
Keep the fridge and pantry stocked with healthier choices: fruits, veggies, whole grain crackers, cheese sticks, popcorn, and yogurt. Kids will eat what is on hand! Only buy chips and sweets on occasion. Make healthy snacking a habit!
Books
Good Enough to Eat, Lizzy Rockwell
Food Rules, Michael Pollan
Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser
Apps
Healthy Heroes
Eat & Move-O-Matic
Smash Your Food
My Fitness Pal
Fooducate
Ingredient 1
MyNetDiary
MyPlate Calorie Counter
