Healthy Food for Kids

Healthy food for kids: organic food advantages include better tasting food that is chemical-free. The food pyramid for kids includes a balance of fruit, vegetables, meats and beans, dairy and grains.

For babies, toddlers, and children, organic food advantages are significant.

The benefits include no genetic modification of food, no chemical additives in the food or in the production (including growing) of food; better farming and/or gardening techniques, such as composting; crop rotation; use of organic soil; encouraging natural habitats for insects such as bees, ladybugs, spiders and worms; the fun of growing your own organic vegetables and fruits; and the joy of eating healthy and tasty food.

Many countries produce a food pyramid for children's diets. For children aged 6 to 11, it includes:

• 6 ounces of grains (for example, whole grain breads, whole grain rice)
• 1 1/2 to 2 cups of fruit: juice is not a replacement for whole fruits
• 2 1/2 cups of vegetables: make sure your children have a good variety of green, red, yellow and orange vegetables
• 2 to 3 cups of milk daily, plus cheese and/or yoghurt
• 5 ounces daily of meats, fish or beans, such as turkey, chicken, tuna, salmon,(beef and pork are best limited to once or twice a week) and/or nuts, seeds and beans as a protein alternative

For babies and toddlers, eating organic foods rather than foods with chemicals, preservatives and fillers, helps to minimize the risk of childhood allergies. Speak to your doctor to find out what the best diet recommendations are for your baby or toddler.

Providing healthy food for children includes understanding the effect that food production has on our eco-system. Due to the growing global population, our environment is under more stress than ever before.

Industrialization and the rapid acceleration of technology has resulted in environmental issues that are growing more and more difficult to resolve.

We need to eat to live. But we can minimize the negative impact that intensive farming, genetic modification, the addition of chemicals to pesticides and fertilizers have on our land, water and air.

By growing our own organic vegetables and fruits and by looking for local farmers markets or grocery stores where we can buy organic foods, we can make a difference in the sustainability of our planet. Our children will thank us for that in future years.

• Benefits of Organic Baby Food: include minimizing the potential for baby food allergies;
• Child Allergies: commercially produced infant milk formulas often trigger allergic reactions in children;
• Healthy Baby Food: you can buy organic baby food online easily and economically;
• Healthy Food Tips for Kids: get your children involved in helping to grow organic foods at an early age (they will love getting their hands in the dirt, and later on they will love harvesting what they've grown);
• Making Organic Baby Food, part 1: why you should consider making your own (it's not that hard and your baby will love the taste of homemade food);
• Making Organic Baby Food, part 2 what equipment do you need to make your own and how to do it;
• Organic Baby Food: provide your baby with chemical-free food;
• Organic Toddler Food: provide at least some organic vegetables, fruits, grains, dairy and proteins to your toddler for more nutrients and less chemicals.
• Plum Vision Baby: a fun, short video for you to watch with your family.

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