How to captivate a child useful fruits and vegetables, and dishes are rich in vitamins?
Experts advise to follow the "rule of a traffic light," whereby your baby in the diet will always be bright and beautiful, and at the same time, natural and healthy food.
«Rule Traffic" - is a good way to turn useful for the baby food in an entertaining game.
itself usually developed by nutritionists, is very simple - every kid's meal should contain natural products at least 3 primary colors - green, red and yellow.And these colors can be combined in one dish and make a meal - for example, "green" salad, "yellow" second potato and "red" dessert of berries.
Secret extracted from the use of this rule is simple, too - nutritionists say that the color of the food depends on the presence in it of various nutrients.
For example, red tomatoes, watermelon, pepper and pink grapefruit contain lycopene - a substance having a significant anti-cancer properties.
Yellow fruits and vegetables (from potatoes and corn - to melons, lemons, apples and grapes) are rich in bioflavonoids that strengthen cell membranes and walls of blood vessels, regulates the body's important enzymes.
green color cabbage, cucumber, kiwi, apples, all sorts of greens and other vegetables - a sign that they are rich in chlorophyll, an important substance for blood and immune system, increase vitality and renewal of tissues and healing of wounds.
Of course, these three colors - only basis for child nutrition, which should consume organic foods and other colors, also contain a lot of useful information.
For example, carrots, raspberries, yellow pepper and orange persimmon has beta-carotene, needed to strengthen the vision, heart, blood vessels and prevent premature aging.
A lilac and purple beet, grapes, blackberries, red cabbage, eggplant, plums and blackcurrant gives them a natural anthocyanin dye - he needs the cells of the brain to improve memory and learning ability.In addition, many of these products to enrich the child's diet with vitamin E.
So, applying the "rule of traffic", you can offer a child a bright and beautiful dishes, but you can capture it interesting game.Let Me selects the menu for every day of their own - from the pre-laid out on a plate slices of fruit and vegetables, according to "the rule of traffic lights."
selecting products, the child can create a picture of them on his plate: the objects, animals and so on.Thus for the right choice and imagination, you can reward your baby points and prizes.
played with him in "edible stoplight" and in stores - let him tell you what products need to buy, according to this rule.
It is important to remember that the awards and prizes for the proper observance of "traffic light food" should not be harmful to the baby food - better give him a toy, book or reward in another way.
