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Healthy Raw Food Snack Ideas
Our seven-year old daughter enjoys eating raw fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds. What’s so strange about that? Absolutely nothing! Except thats all shes eaten since she was weaned off of breast milk. Perhaps the strange part, if there really is one, is that not only does eating raw fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds seem perfectly normal to our daughter, but also that we had to go to great lengths to explain why some people choose to eat other fare.
It’s Baseball Time: Try Healthy Ballpark Food
Every Thursday I do a cooking segment on Dallas Ch. 11. I love that I get to be completely creative and come up with something new every week. I am going to share with you guys each week the dish that I make. The 2011 Major League Baseball season just got underway, so I decided to make a couple healthy alternatives to ballpark recipes.
Recipes for Healthy Muffins
Start you and your kids’ day off to a healthy start with a nutritious muffin. Make them yourself to ensure you’re using healthy ingredients and to save money by avoiding expensive coffee house muffins. Fiber and vitamin-rich ingredients used in homemade muffins may even be able to help prevent disease and treat some conditions.
Healthy Teenage Diets
Teens are commonly known for making poor eating decisions. While some junk food snacking or over-indulgence is to be expected, excessive consumption of unhealthy foods can lead to problems. As the Palo Alto Medical Foundation reports, 15 percent of children between the ages of six and 19 are considered overweight. If your teen is a member of this 15 percent, or if you are eager to ensure that he doesn’t join these ranks, consider what you can do as a parent to promote a healthy diet.
Healthy Foods That Boost Your Metabolism
Many weight-conscious mamas dream about the day when a magic pill is invented that cures all their food-related woes. While there is no such antidote to over-eating, and it doesn’t appear as if one is on the horizon, there are an array of foods that could be helpful in boosting metabolism. Sprinkle these healthful foods into your diet as a way to ramp up the rate of your food burning and increase the effectiveness of your weight-loss efforts.