With the market for breakfast cereal so saturated it can be difficult to know what the best and healthiest option is to choose from, especially when choosing for your kids.
So, this is a different type of blog that you wouldn’t typically find on my site but I love connecting with my audience and having discussed this on my Instagram page, I have realised it might be valuable for me to share my experience around this and how I strengthened my brain health.
It can be slightly confusing to decide what the best yoghurt is to choose from for your child when the options vary so widely. Yoghurt is a nutritious food to incorporate into your kids diet as it has so many health benefits.
When it comes to food, particularly snacks, it is easy to fall into the trap of convenience over healthy. Additionally, we are living in an environment where we are being pitched to every time we walk into the supermarket by brands trying to sell their products regardless of the nutritional value. What I also see so much of, is the fact that most of the food marketed towards kids, is actually higher in sugar and additives than ‘adult’ food. So here I am going to suggest some healthier options that you can offer your kids.
I am so excited to share this! I shared my first birth story with my first son on our Forking Wellness podcast and I felt really good about it at the time. Not interventions were needed, it was freaking painful, but I delivered my baby safely and he was healthy so it seemed like that was all I could ask for. Second time round I did want things to be different. I wanted to be calmer…
Pregnancy comes with its challenge and diet can be affected in a sense that morning sickness, cravings and aversions can affect nutritional intake. Eating a well-balanced diet in pregnancy is important for both Mum and baby but as a Nutritionist I always recommend a good prenatal vitamin alongside.
Gut health always seems to a be a hot topic and something that people commonly suffer with. But just because symptoms are common, does not mean it is normal. Many factors come into play in regards to the functioning of the gut (factors such as sleep, stress and physical activity) and diet plays an important role in optimising it.
Getting your toddler to eat their vegetables can be a challenge and I know very few parents who haven’t gone through some kind of fussy eating stage with their kids (myself included). Some kids happily embrace vegetables and new foods, while others don’t like entertaining them. My advice to any parent with a fussy eater is the same to myself – do not make a big deal of it. I know it can be stressful but there is valuable information in this blog that can help.
Veg led weaning is something I did with my first son and something I will definitely do with my second. It is a type of weaning approach to help ensure your little ones develop a taste and acceptance for vegetables. We are all born with palettes that are very accepting of sweet foods – much more so than savoury. Veg led weaning suggests parents offer a variety of single veggies for the first 10 days, ensuring these are a mix of bitter, savoury and neutral flavours such as broccoli, potato and spinach.
