Dietary Recommendations for Healthy Children - Carbohydrates While a dog likes the taste of protein, humans are attracted to the taste of sweet things and carbohydrates. This attraction worked well for early man, but not for us and our children. Learn how much carbohydrates your child need on a daily basis.
Posted: 2010-02-09
Category: Diet
Supplements for Children The importance of a diet that is both nutritious and varied is the key to good mental health and good emotional health. Sometimes even the best diets do not provide adequate nutrients that are needed and some children need more of certain nutrients. Supplements are the most reliable method of ensuring your child is getting the appropriate levels of vitamins and minerals that are necessary for optimal nourishment.
Posted: 2008-02-02
Category: Home & Family
Unhappy Child? What Can Cause Unhappiness in Children? Childhood hood should be full of memorable moments – a joyous time, sadly too much of the time children are experiencing anger, irritability, boredom, and sadness. As a parent, what can you do to make the situation better?
Posted: 2008-02-02
Category: Home & Family
Is your child a fussy eater? If you have a child that’s a fussy eater, it’s setting you up for your child being a fussy eater for their entire life.Start at an early age to ensure your child enjoys eating a wide variety of foods that are healthy for them, because if you wait until they are older their habits will be more and more ingrained and you’ll be dealing with a nay sayer, and it gets a lot harder to change their mind as they get older.
Posted: 2008-01-31
Category: Home & Family
Vitamins and Minerals: the Building Blocks of Your Child’s Brain Your child's brain is like an elaborate stage production that needs hundreds of people working behind the curtain to provide the supporting framework for the main actors. The difference is that the brain utilizes vitamins and minerals as its supporting cast instead of lighting technicians and prop masters. So, how do IQ scores increase with vitamin and mineral consumption?
Posted: 2008-01-30
Category: Home & Family
Is it possible to increase Child’s IQ Naturally? The nutrition your child receives from infancy through his or her formative years is essential not only to building a strong body, but also to achieving optimal mental and intellectual ability as well as emotional health. This is why the way you feed your child is generally considered an important part of good parenting.
Posted: 2008-01-23
Category: Home & Family
Food and Brain Connection in Childhood What is the difference between the learning and behavior of kids who eat junk and high GL food and those who are following a potentially well-balanced diet? If there is a difference between these children, then why is there a difference? Recent study shows that what you feed your child can and will increase intelligence, attention span, concentration, and problem-solving ability, as well as improve emotional response and physical coordination.