{"id":2325,"date":"2019-07-26T05:16:43","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T12:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jennifer.idyllspress.com\/?page_id=2325"},"modified":"2024-01-09T14:06:59","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T22:06:59","slug":"deceptively-healthy-snacks-and-treats","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jennifermargulis.net\/articles\/deceptively-healthy-snacks-and-treats\/","title":{"rendered":"Deceptively Healthy Snacks and Treats"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DeliciousDeceptively Healthy Snacks and Treats<\/strong>\n

By Jennifer Margulis<\/a><\/p><\/h3>\n

First, let’s take a crash course in what qualifies as “healthy snacks.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

The latest nutrition information tells us what our grandparents have known all along:<\/p>\n

\u2705\u00a0We should limit our intake of processed foods and unhealthy fats and instead eat a wide variety of fresh vegetables and fruits.<\/p>\n

\u2705\u00a0Organic food is much healthier for growing children than food that has been treated with pesticides and herbicides.<\/p>\n

\u2705\u00a0We need to eat some foods that are high in protein, like beans, fish, or chicken, but shouldn’t overdo it on red meat. If you eat meat, use it as a condiment not a main dish.<\/p>\n

These basics apply to any food your child eats, even if you call it a “snack” or a “treat.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Cool, crunchy, and delicious. Give your child snow peas instead of potato chips next time they’re looking for a treat<\/p><\/div>\n

Remember, children have tiny stomachs (about as big as their fists) and they need to eat small amounts frequently.<\/p>\n

Even if they are eating between meals, the snack you’re feeding your child is food, and it should be nutritious.<\/p>\n

The simplest, easiest, and healthiest snacks are things like cut-up fruit \u2014chunks of watermelon, sliced apples, papaya wedges, mango pieces, and banana or pear slices.<\/p>\n

And what kid won’t be tempted to eat an entire basket of fresh strawberries?<\/p>\n

Raw and cooked vegetables like celery, kale leaves, carrot sticks, steamed broccoli, and cooked and sliced sweet potato are also fun and healthy snacks, as are hard-boiled eggs or a glass of milk.<\/p>\n

Whenever possible, skip the packaged, processed snacks and serve fresh whole foods.<\/p>\n

Kids get a kick out of things with fun names<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Be creative with what you call your vegetables.<\/p>\n

One mom calls broccoli “little trees” and doesn’t tell her four children it’s good for them\u2014they eat it up.<\/p>\n

Another tells her toddler a kale leaf is a kale “popsicle,” and her kid munches it down like a rabbit.<\/p>\n

Serve your fussy eater food that sounds yummy to eat, like “ants on a log” (celery with either no-sugar-added organic peanut butter or organic cream cheese and raisins; the raisins are the ants).<\/p>\n

Never underestimate the power of toothpicks<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Everything\u2014from steamed chicken to cooked beans\u2014is more exciting when eaten with toothpicks (or chopsticks for older kids).<\/p>\n

Steam vegetables, put out a small bowl of soy sauce or healthy veggie dip, and let your child spear away with a toothpick.<\/p>\n

They’ll be chowing beet and broccoli treats in no time.<\/p>\n

(You will too. It all tastes better with toothpicks, doesn’t it?)<\/p>\n

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Grapefruit makes a perfect snack. Photo credit: www.flickr.com<\/p><\/div>\n

Skip the processed sugar when feeding kids healthy snacks<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Even flavored yogurt has so much added sugar that it’s really a dessert food and not a healthy snack.<\/p>\n

Plus the sugar in the yogurt inhibits the healthy qualities of probiotic organisms (moral of the story: get your kids in the habit of eating unsweetened yogurt from an early age).<\/p>\n

Read labels and don’t buy granola bars or other “natural” foods that have sugar listed in the first three ingredients.<\/p>\n

Give your child 100-percent fruit juice popsicles or fruit-sweetened cookies, brown rice or other whole grain crackers, organic string cheese, dried fruit, or plain yogurt (add some cut up fruit) instead.<\/p>\n

A version of this article about healthy snacks was first published on Disney’s Family.com<\/em><\/p>\n

Related articles:<\/strong>
\nAre Processed Foods America’s Weapons of Mass Destruction?<\/a>
\nSugar and Glyphosate: A Tale of Two Toxins<\/a>
\nHow to Eat Healthy Snacks While Driving Across the Country<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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