Cooking Healthy for Kids: A Healthy BreakfastMany people have heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Yet despite all the information of its benefits, a majority of people and their children skip breakfast. This is usually because today's lifestyle doesn't seem to have time for a morning meal. Families are always rushing to get to either work or school, and preparing breakfast can be a tedious and time consuming task. Plus, most families have started going to bed at later times. As a result they need more sleep and by the time they wake up, breakfast just isn't an option. To have healthy eating children, you should encourage eating breakfast. Eating breakfast has been linked to children maintaining a healthy weight or not overeating, mainly because their meals are well spaced out and they are not making up for calories during other meals in the day, which is quite an unhealthy habit. Children who eat breakfast also tend to have higher grades or achieve more in school, mainly because they are ready for their day and their brains have the food it needs to function and understand everything that is being taught in schools. And finally, breakfast eating children also are of better health. They usually meet their daily-recommendations for the five food groups, and are able to get all the vitamins and nutrients they need to keep their systems working well. If you and your children are not of the habit of eating breakfast, any day is a good day to start. A healthy breakfast addresses one serving of at least three of the food groups. If you think about it, this is really easy to do. If you've started menu planning each week, you can provide your children with a quick and easy breakfast during the school week, and family breakfasts on weekends. One trick you can use is to prepare breakfast the night before. Say you want to serve pancakes, yogurt and fruit. You can make the pancake batter while you're making dinner the night before. You can also chop or cut the fruit ahead of time and arrange it into cups for your children. Yogurt usually comes in a cup already, so there isn't much preparation needed there. When your kids wake up, you can quickly make pancakes while they eat their yogurt and fruit, or if there's time, they can eat it all together. This breakfast addresses three of the food groups, and in correct servings. You can substitute pancakes with whole wheat toast topped with a tablespoon of peanut butter, which now provides your child with four of the food groups since peanut butter is a member of the protein group. There are also many ready-to-eat healthy breakfasts available in the market today. Whole wheat cereal or muesli and milk are a good combination. Granola-fruit bars are also winners for breakfasts on the run, and a simple whole wheat bagel with cheese and some fruit juice can also provide your child with all that they need to start their day healthy! Breakfast is quick and easy, you just have to plan ahead! One last thing you can do is to make sure your children go to bed at a decent time each night. The earlier they go to bed, the better rested they will be in the morning, and the more ready for school. Also, they will wake up earlier which means they will have time for breakfast! |
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